Chapter 13 - Inferential Statistics

Question 1

Inferential statistics

Answer 1

data analysis techniques for determining how likely it is that results obtained from a sample or samples are the same results that would have been obtained from the entire population

Question 2

ANOVA (analysis of variance)

Answer 2

a parametric test of significance used to determine whether scores from two or more groups are significantly different at a selected probability level

Question 3

t test

Answer 3

used to determine whether two groups of scores are significatly different at a selected proabability level

Question 4

F ratio

Answer 4

A computation used in analysis of variance to determine whether variances among sample means are significantly different.

Question 5

ANCOVA (analysis of covariance)

Answer 5

a form of ANOVA that accounts for the different ways in which the independent variables are measured, taking into account the design of the study