Midterm Exam Flashcards
Statistical Terms
What is the value of collecting pilot data?
What is an experiment
Dependent Variable and example in context
Independent Variable and example in context
Which variable is the predictor
Which variable is the response
What is an observational study
Pros and Cons of an Observational Study
Pros and Cons of an Experiment
What is a confounding variable
What is pilot data
What are treatment groups
Difference between categorical and continuous independent variables
What types of groups are treatment groups used for
Treatment group vs control groups
positive vs negative control groups
univariate dependent variables
multivariate dependent variables
Factorial design
single factor design
multi-factor design
Factorial design focuses on what type of study design
Internal validity
external validity
Observer effect w/ example
intra-observer variability
inter-observer variability
What type of variability addresses replicate data
What is systematic bias and what does it mean to have it in your data?
what does it mean to calibrate your measuring instrument
parametric data
non-parametric data
blocking variables
covariates
similarities and differences between blocking variables and covariates
how does a paired design relate to blocking your variables
what is a paired design
