Inferential Statistics Flashcards

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Inferential Statistics

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Infer whether or not the study would hold true or be able to be replicated would we find that for the whole population.

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Descriptive Statistics

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Describe your sample.

•Ex: Water ‘in your cup’ ‘from the pool,’ describes the ‘water in the pool.’

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Hypothesis Test

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A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about a population.

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Did our results occur by chance?

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Polka Dot Skittle:

Was it just an accident?

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Skepticism

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is a positive in science and logic studies.

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Null Hypothesis (Ho)

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Null hypothesis states that there is no differences between our groups.
•Always assume Null, then test against it.

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Ho (Null)

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•Actually says that our results were just a fluke.
•p < .05, 95% reliability.
If we did our experiment 100xs we would get our results by chance alone - 5xs.

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Alternative/Experiment/Research Hypothesis (H1)

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We are saying that we are very sure there it is significant.

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