Why We Need Statistics Flashcards

(7 cards)

1
Q

provides researcher with objective and consensual techniques for describing their results.

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Statistics

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2
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Selecting appropriate statistical test is central to?

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Hypothesis testing

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3
Q

amount of change of fluctuation we see on something

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Variability

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4
Q

the performance of the treatment groups is so similar that the process could have been sampled from the same population

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Testing Null Hypothesis

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5
Q

The odds of finding significance

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Variability
• Directional or non-directional hypothesis

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6
Q

Numerical summary of what is going on with our
data

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Test statistics

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7
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Summarizing data using Descriptive Statistics which are:

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Central Tendency, Measures of Variability

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