Basic Statistical AnalysisThis user-friendly, readable revision is presented as simply as possible to ensure that students will gain a solid understanding of statistical procedures. The goal of this book is to demystify statistics. The student is presented with rules of evidence and the logic behind those rules. The book is divided into three major units: Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics, and Advanced Topics in Inferential Statistics. |
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Page 144
... standard deviation of the distribu- tion of means with the method just described , we would again have achieved a param- eter and would have nothing left to predict . Comparing the Two Standard Deviations . In comparing the standard ...
... standard deviation of the distribu- tion of means with the method just described , we would again have achieved a param- eter and would have nothing left to predict . Comparing the Two Standard Deviations . In comparing the standard ...
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... standard deviation of the distribution of differences in the same way that we calculated the standard deviation of a distri- bution of raw scores . We do this by ... standard error of difference for the The Hypothesis of Difference 223.
... standard deviation of the distribution of differences in the same way that we calculated the standard deviation of a distri- bution of raw scores . We do this by ... standard error of difference for the The Hypothesis of Difference 223.
Page 474
... error of measurement . SEM 9√1 - .90 = 9√.10 = ( 9 ) ( . 316 ) = 2.844 * If a student were to get a score of 65 on the test , find the .95 ... deviation . TABLE 17.2 Table of the standard errors of measurement for 474 Chapter Seventeen.
... error of measurement . SEM 9√1 - .90 = 9√.10 = ( 9 ) ( . 316 ) = 2.844 * If a student were to get a score of 65 on the test , find the .95 ... deviation . TABLE 17.2 Table of the standard errors of measurement for 474 Chapter Seventeen.
Contents
Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
Stumbling Blocks to Statistics 4 A Brief Look at the History of Statistics | 12 |
Graphs and Measures of Central Tendency | 21 |
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a z score analysis ANOVA Appendix Table assigned assumed basis calculated called chance Chapter coefficient column compared confidence interval control group correlation degrees of freedom effect effect size equal equation error of difference estimated standard error example F ratio factorial ANOVA frequency given height hypothesis of difference increase independent variable inferential statistics interval data M₁ median method negative nominal data normal curve normal distribution null hypothesis number of scores obtained ordinal data paired parameter percentage percentile persons population mean post-facto research predict previously saved data probability problem random sample range ranks raw score reject the null reliability sample groups sample means scatter plot skewed standard deviation standard error statistical test statistician sum of squares table value technique Test the hypothesis tion validity variance within-subjects z score zero ΣΧ