GI: Investigating Variation COPY Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Why should your sample be random?

A

to avoid bias

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Why should results be analysed statistically?

A

To ensure variation observed isn’t just down to chance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Standard deviation

A

Measures the spread of values about the mean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Large standard deviation =

A

Varied sample

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

How can standard deviations be plotted?

A

Using error bars

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What do error bars extend?

A

One standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Longer error bar = ?

A

Larger standard deviation = more spread out the sample data is from the mean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly