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Inferential Statistics Flashcards

1
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Data from samples are used to make inferences about what?

A

Populations

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2
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Researchers make what about an entire population based on smaller number of observations?

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Generalization

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3
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If many different samples were taken from a population, it would produce what?

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Distribution of sample means

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4
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If different samples were taken an infinite number of times it would be called what?

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Sampling Distribution

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5
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What can be inferred from the sample?

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Population Mean

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6
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The speed of means around the mean of a sampling distribution is called?

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Standard Error of the Mean (SEm)

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7
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The standard error of the mean can be estimated from what?

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Sample

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8
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SEm is higher when?

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Sample SD is Large

Sample Size is Small

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9
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SEm is lower when?

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SD is Small

Sample Size is Large

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10
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What type of SEm is preferred?

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Smaller because it’s more precise

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11
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What is a range of values that is likely to contain the population parameter that is being estimated?

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Confidence Interval (CI)

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12
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The probability that this range of values contains the population parameter is typically what?

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95%

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13
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One can have a 95% confidence that the value of the true mean lies within the what?

A

Calculated Interval

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14
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What are the steps to calculating a CI?

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  1. Find the Z-score
  2. Multiply Z-score by SEm
  3. Add product to sample mean to find upper limit of CI
  4. Subtract product from sample mean to find lower limit
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15
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What is related to the size of the sample and the size of the data variation?

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Size of CI

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16
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A small sample and large variation causes what?

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Larger CI

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17
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A large sample and small variable causes what?

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Smaller CI

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18
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What is an assumption that appears to explain certain events, which must be tested to see whether it is true?

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Hypothesis

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19
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What are the 2 types of hypothesis?

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Research Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis

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20
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Hypothesis testing involves what?

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Comparison of means of groups in an experiment

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21
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What is the objective of the hypothesis tests?

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Find out whether they are significantly different from each other.

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22
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What will verify is the hypothesis is real?

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Statistical Tests

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23
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The null hypothesis states that there is no difference between what?

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Group Means

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24
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The research hypothesis is accepted only if the null hypothesis is what?

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Proves to be unlikely

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25
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What is unlikely to be due to chance?

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Results of a study

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26
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Statistical significance at a specified probability level is referred to as?

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Alpha

27
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Statistical significance must be at least 95% unlikely that the null hypothesis is true before what?

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It can be rejected

28
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P values must be equal to or less than 5% in order for results of a study to reach a level of what?

A

Statistical Significance

29
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The level of significance is NOT the same as?

A

P Value

30
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The P value is calculated at the end of the study and must be

A

Statistical Significance

31
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What is it called when researchers perform a lot of statistical tests on their data?

A

Fishing

32
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Fishing increases the chance that at least one of the tests will do what?

A

Wrongly reach statistical significance

33
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What type of error occurs when rejecting a true null hypothesis?

A

Type I error

34
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What type of error occurs with a failure to reject a false null hypothesis?

A

Type II error

35
Q

The probability of making a type I error is equal to the value of?

A

Alpha

36
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The probability of making a type II error is equal to the value of?

A

Beta

37
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As alpha becomes smaller, the chance of making a type I error does what?

A

Decreases

38
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What is the probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis?

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Power

39
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Power depends on what?

A

Sample Size
Magnitude of difference between group means
Value of alpha

40
Q

Power increases as sample size?

A

Increases

41
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What power value is sought out by researchers?

A

0.80

42
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If the value specified as the difference between group means in the null hypothesis is included in the 95% CI, then the null hypothesis should?

A

NOT be rejected

43
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If 0 is not included in the 95% CI, the null hypothesis should?

A

be rejected

44
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What determines the probabilities associated with relationships in studies?

A

Statistical Tests

45
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What are examples of statistical tests?

A

T-test
ANOVA
Chi-Square

46
Q

What is used to find out whether the means of the two groups are statistically different?

A

T-Test

47
Q

T-test only indicates what?

A

Means are different

48
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The t-test can be used for a single group by comparing the mean with what?

A

Known Values

49
Q

The data of a t-test should be normal and involve what?

A

Interval or Ratio Measurement

50
Q

What are alternative to the t-test?

A

Mann-Whitney U Test

Wilcoxon Test

51
Q

With a paired t-test the groups are?

A

Dependent

52
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ANOVA (analysis of variance) is used to compare means when more than 2 groups are involved and repeating t-test will increase the probability of?

A

Producing Type I error

53
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ANOVA can only compare what?

A

One outcome variable

54
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ANOVA provides information about whether there are any significant differences among the what?

A

Group Means

55
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What are the assumptions of an ANOVA test?

A

Normally distributed data
Independent groups
Variances of groups equal

56
Q

Comparison groups compare group pairs and include?

A

Tukey
Bonferroni
Scheffe

57
Q

What test is used to test hypotheses involving categorical data?

A

Chi-square Test

58
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What are the 2 versions of the chi-square test?

A

Chi-square goodness of fit

Chi-square test of independence

59
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The chi-square goodness of fit is called that because it tests whether observed frequencies fit against what/

A

Expected Frequencies

60
Q

A chi-square table is used to see if the results are?

A

Statistically significant

61
Q

df is the number of categories minus

A

1

62
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What test involves frequencies of one variable that is compared with another to see if they differ significantly?

A

Chi-square test of independence

63
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What is used for a chi-square test of independence?

A

2x2 contingency table

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