theory Flashcards

(57 cards)

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Descriptive statistics

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sample

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2
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Inferential statistics

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population

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3
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confidence interval

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95%

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4
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Nominal

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categorisation

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5
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Ordinal

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ranking

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6
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interval

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equal intervals

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7
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Ratio

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genuine 0 value

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8
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qualitative

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nominal, ordinal

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9
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quantitative

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discrete, continous

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continous

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f.e. weight, height…

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discrete or discontinous

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f.e. number of sibling
(can’t be 1,2)

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12
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independent variable

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causes sth

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13
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dependent variable

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affected by changes in the independent variable

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14
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predictor variable

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variable thought to predict an outcome variable

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15
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mediator

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that thong leads to another, that to another… (pool)

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16
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moderator

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depending on the relationship between 2 variables it might change (switch)

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17
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confounder

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there is a correlation but it doesn´t demonsatrate causality

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18
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manifest/indicator variables

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can be directly observed and measured

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19
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latent variables

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can’t be directly measured (anxiety)

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20
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reverses

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when the agreement level and the solitude level don’t have the same number (1-6)

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21
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mode

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most frequent value (the value that has more people on it)

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22
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median

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person in the middle of the distribution

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23
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mean

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sum of the scored dividen into the number of people (sensitive to outlyers)

24
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frequency distributions

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number of people in each number of the tabale (ex. 1)

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x
possible values
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f
frequency
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fx
product of each possible value and its fequency
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fx2
product of the square of each possible value and its frequency
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F
accumulated frequency
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f/n
relative frequency given as a fraction of unity
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%
relative frequency
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accum. %
accumulated percentage
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summations
sum of all the values
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bar charts
separated, for discrete variables
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histograms
no spaces between them, for continous variables
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Qx
quartiles (only 3, they separate the sample into 4 quarters)
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Dx
deciles
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Px
percentiles
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number of percentiles
99 P1-P99
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o2
varianza
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o
desviación típica
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x(-arriba)
mean
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skewness de medio punto a 1
moderate skewed
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skewness de más de 1
markedly skewed
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kurtosis positiva
leptokurtic (variance + pequeña) sharp distribution
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kurtosis 0
campana de gauss: normal
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negative curtosis
platykurtic (varianza + grande) flattened distribution
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what are the z-scored used for
to buy standard deviations
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mean of stardardised scores
0 z-=0
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standard deviation of standardised scores
1
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N(x,y)
N: normal distribution, x: mean, y:SD
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alpha
márgen de error o level of significance
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1-alpha
confidence level
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t-value positiva
u1>u0
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t-value negativa
u1
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cohen's D
effect size
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