Test #3 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is a univariate?
- descriptive, set us up for our other analyses (looks at symmetry, calculates important values), also you can describe a sample with these.
What is a bivariate?
- you can begin to answer some questions here, mainly how are my variables related?
- it shows the distribution of one variable across the categories of another variable.
What are marginal cells?
- are the row and column totals on the edges of the table.
What is a proportion and a percent?
proportion - 0.30
percentage - 30%
What is chi-square test?
when we cannot measure the central tendency
- we can, however, take a look at the difference the expected cell counts and the observed cell count.
What does the expected cell count equation?
row total x column total/total table
what is an observed count?
the frequencies actually observed in the sample data.
What is the notation of chi-square?
X2
How do we calculate the chi-square?
- write out your null and alternative hypothesis
- calculate your observed and excepted counts for your table
- choose an alpha level (P=0.00/p= 0.01/p=0.05/p=0.1)
- calculate degrees of freedom (number of categories -1)
- get your critical chi-square value from a table
- use the formula to calculate the chi-square value for your table.
What is a ho and a ha?
HO - there is no difference between nationality and quality of life following a heart attack.
HA - There is some relationship between nationality and quality of the life following a heart attack.
What is the understanding of hypotheses and when do we accept/reject them?
- if the chi-squared value is at or above the chi-square value for your degrees of freedom, then we reject the null hypothesis.
- if we reject the null, we can say that our findings are significant at our chosen alpha level
- if we cannot reject the null hypothesis, then we don’t have a significant relationship.
How do we calculate your degrees of freedom when you are doing a chi-square?
- df= (row-1) x (column - 1)
- count the # of rows in the chi-square table and subtract 1.
- count the # of columns and subtract 1.
- multiply the number of step 1 by the number from step 2.
What is the alpha (significant levels) values?
- the maximum risk of making a false positive conclusion that you are willing to accept.
- common significant levels are 0.05 and 0.01
What does an r-squared value mean?
- the proportion of the variance in the response variable that can be explained by the predictor variable.
- the value can range from 0 to 1.