Problem Set #2 Terms Flashcards

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Alpha

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This is the confidence level we use in expressing significance.

We use α=.05
To express significance in our interpretation as p

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T/F α=.05 is the historical standard (Winzenz)

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True

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3
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What is the alternative hypothesis?

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The hypothesis we hope to support in our research, predicting that a significant relation or difference exists between the groups we are comparing.

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4
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What is known as the opposite of Null Hypothesis?

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Alternative Hypothesis

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5
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In the analysis decision tree explain what if mean if you are only comparing one group

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  • a one sample t test

- measures the mean and standard deviation

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In the analysis decision tree explain what if mean if you are comparing two groups…

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  • r or two-tailed t-test or Wilcoxon
  • R test measures DV & DV
  • Two-tailed t-test & Wilcoxon measures IV & DV
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7
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Define Citation

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Stat information that appears at the end of any conclusion or interpretation.

t(14) = 2.78, p

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Cohen’s convention for describing effect, strength, or variance

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.0 - negligence, very little, or none (nearly total overlap (90%))

.2 - weak, small, not much (80% overlap)

.5 - moderate, modest, some (50% overlap)

.8 - strong, lots, a large amount (20% overlap)

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9
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Cohen’s d

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Measure of effect size

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10
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What does Cohen’s d measure?

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It measures how much effect the IV has on the DV

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Confidence level

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We are expressing our confidence in the conclusion.

This means the probability our conclusion is wrong is LESS THAN .05.

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Control group…

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We are not manipulating them, we are just letting them be.

Most likely given placebo

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13
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Critical Value

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Value that is the deciding line between normal and deviant in a sampling distribution

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14
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Degrees of freedom…

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of scores in a sample that are free to vary

df

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15
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Experimental group…

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Level of the IV that receives the treatment

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16
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What is experimental method>?

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Allows us to find cause and effect

17
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Hypothesis testing

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Testing whether a hypothesis is supports by the results of our research

18
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What is inferential statistics?

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Inferences are conclusions from data.

19
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What is the interpretation?

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A statement about the outcome of a statistical analysis.

20
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Null Hypothesis…

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Hypothesis that says no difference or not relationship exists between the groups being compared.

21
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p level…

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The probability we use to decide on the critical values, or cutoffs, in hypothesis testing.

22
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Parametric test

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Stat test based on assumptions about population parameters.

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Quasi-Experimental Method…

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IV cannot be manipulated & if we cannot randomly assign them to groups

Variable is a characteristic of the people we are studying, i.e gender.

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Replication

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NORMSDIST(NORMSINV(1-p)/SQRT(2))

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Research Hypothesis
AKA Alternative Hypothesis
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Single-group design...
measures only one group of participants
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Standard error or the mean
Sx of the sampling distribution, which we can approx the stat for samples
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Statistical power
Probability of being correct when we reject the null hypothesis
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Statistical significance
Observed relation or difference between two descriptive measures that is unlikely to have occurred by chance.
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t distribution
Set of distributions that, although symmetrical and bell-shaped, are not normally distributed.
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t test
One sample t test compares a sample mean to the known population mean u.
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two-tailed hypothesis
Research hypothesis in which we predict that the groups being compared are related or different, without specifying the direction.
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Type I Error
Error in hypothesis testing in which we reject the null when it is true.
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Type II Error
Error in hypothesis testing in which we retain the null when it is false. If outcome is not significant.
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z test
Parametric inferential statistical test of the null for a single sample where population mean & variance are known