5 Flashcards

1
Q

Statistical significance is not equal to?

A

Biologically important

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2
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Does the p value tell you the size of an effect?

A

No

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3
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Does correlation imply causation?

A

No

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4
Q

Confounding variable?

A

An unmeasured variable that may influence both X and Y.

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5
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In experiments , the values of one variable randomly assigned by?

A

The researcher

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6
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If you have h outcomes of the same probability, within a probability tree, what is the total probability of the desired outcome?

A

h(probability of a single outcome)

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7
Q

Binomial distribution?

A

Describes the probability of various numbers of successes from a fixed number of independent trials.

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8
Q

Larger sample has higher/lower standard error?

A

Lower

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9
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What happens if the confidence interval of the mean from (x, x+y) samples do overlap the overall mean of all samples?

A

You can be certain that you can not reject the null hypothesis.

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