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What are common ways of establishing reliability?

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  1. Alternate form reliability:
  2. Test-retest reliability
  3. Measures of internal consistency
  4. Interrater reliability
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Alternate form reliability

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When you develop 2 versions of a measure, give them both to the same group of people, then correlate them.

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Test-retest reliability

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When you have one version of exam, give it to the same group of people a
2 different intervals

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Measures of internal consistency

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Measures of much items correlate with one another

Split-half reliability
Cronbach’s alpha

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Split-half reliability

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data collected is split randomly in half and compared, to see if results taken from each part of the measure are similar

ex: Test split in half, class take each half and the results are correlated

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Cronbach’s alpha

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Average of all the ways you can split half an exam

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Inter-rater reliability

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Kappa

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determine how much raters agree with each other

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Reliability coefficient of ways to establish reliability

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Reliability of coefficient of at least 0.7 for all the methods of reliability except for kappa

Kappa: 0.4-0.75 is good for reliability

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Population

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Collection of units to which we want to generalize a set of findings or a statistical model too

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Representative sample

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Smaller collection of units from a population used to determine truths about that population

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Random selection

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Randomly select people from a population

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Random sample

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Each individual of the population has an equal chance of being selected

In a random sample, the probability of people have to stay the same

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Parameter

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A value, usually a numerical value, that describes the entire population

The value is derived from measurements of the individuals in the population

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Statistic

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A value, usually a numerical value, that describes a sample

Derived from measurements of the individuals in the sample

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Statistical notation

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Scores are referred to as X and Y

Collecting data on age and number of Facebook friends, you label age as X and friends as Y

N refers to the number of scores in a population

n is the number of scores in a sample

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Sigma (summatation)

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Add a set of scores from the sample

Summatation
Done after operations
- in parenthesis
- Squaring
- multiplication
- division

Summation is done before
Addition
Subtraction

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What is a frequency distribution table

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Representation that tells the frequency of different scores in your sample

Function: Organizes all the data so that the complete distribution can be viewed all at once

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What are examples of frequency distribution tables and what are they used for?

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Polygon or histogram for continuous data

Bar graph for categorical data

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How to differentiate between a bar graph and histogram

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Bar graph has spaces between them and is only used for categorical data
while histograms are used for continuous data

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Statistical notation

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Scores referred to as x and y

N refers to number of scores in a population

n is the number of scores in a sample

Σ stands for summation stand for summation and is when the set of scores are added up

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Summation

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Represented by Σ

Done after PEMD
Done before AS

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What are the measures of internal consistency

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Split-half reliability
Coefficient/Cronbach’s alpha

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Bar graph

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graph that presents categorical data with rectangular bars with heights proportional to the values that they represent.

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Histogram

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chart that plots the distribution of a numeric variable’s values as a series of bars

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What are the four characteristics to look for in a frequency distribution

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  1. Shape
  2. Location
  3. Spread
  4. Sample size
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Types of shapes in a frequency distribution

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Modality
Symmetry
Skew (positive or negative)
Slope-Kurtosis (leptokurtic or platykurtic)

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What is the location of a frequency distribution?

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A measure of where the bulk of data sits on the number line and where the central tendency is

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Central tendency

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A statistical measure where a single score defines the center of a distribution

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What is the purpose of the central tendency?

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Describe the distribution by identifying its center
Find the single score that best represents the entire group

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What are the measures of central tendency?

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Mean
Median
Mode

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What happens to the mean when you change the value of a score or add/remove a value?

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The mean changes unless the score added or removed is equal to the mean

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What happens to the mean when you add or subtract a constant from each score

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Changes the mean by the same constant

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What happens to the mean when you multiply or divide each score by a constant?

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The mean would also be multiplied or divided by that constant

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Line graph

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Graphical representation of information that changes over a period of time

Used to show how something changes over time

36
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George W. Bush’s Tax cuts

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Tax deduction passed in 2001 that stated 92 million Americans would receive an average tax reduction of 1083

However the median tax cut was $100

37
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Median

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Midpoint of distribution (defined by number of scores)

38
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Mean

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Balance point of a distribution

39
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What is common between the mean and median

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Both measure central tendency

40
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Mode

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Most frequent score/value in the dataset

Only measure of central tendency that can be calculate categorical variables

41
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Range

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Difference between covered highest and lowest values

Considered unreliable measure of variability as it is based only 2 scores

42
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What are the Quartiles

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Three values that split sorted data into four equal parts

43
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What are the three quartiles

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Lower quartile = median of lower half of data

Second quartile = median

Upper quartile = median of upper half of data

44
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Interquartile range (IQR)

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The range of the middle half of the data

45
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What is a box plot and what can it effectively identify

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Visualization of median and IQR

Effectively identifies outliers

46
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How is total error found

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By adding up all the deviations

47
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How is the Sum of Squared Errors found

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  1. Add deviation
  2. Square each deviation
  3. Add all the squared deviations
48
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What is the Definitional Formula of Sum of Squared Errors

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SS = Σ(X–μ)^2

Steps
1. Find each deviation score
2. Square each deviation score
3. Sum up the squared deviations

49
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What is the computational formula of sum of squared errors

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SS = Σx^2 - (ΣX)^2/N

Steps
1. Square each score and sum them
2. Find sum of scores and square it, divide by N
3. Subtract the step #2 from the first step

50
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Notation of Σ

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Sum the scores

51
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Notation of N

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number of scores in population

52
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Notation of n

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number of scores in sample

53
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Notation of X and Y

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Each score is referred as X and Y

54
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What is the variance

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Statistical notation (s^2)

Calculated by dividing SS

55
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Notation of SS

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Sum of Squared Errors

56
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Variance of sample formula

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S^2 = SS/n-1

57
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Variance of population

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s^2 = SS/n

58
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Notation of s

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Standard deviation

59
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Standard deviation of sample formula

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s = square root (SS/n-1)

60
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Standard deviation of population formula

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s = square root (SS/N-1)

61
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What is standard deviation

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An average for how far data points are from the mean

A large derivative means more spread out

(determines representation of data)

62
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What are things SS, S^2 and S all represent

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  1. Fit of mean to data
  2. How well mean represents observed data
  3. Variability in the data
  4. Error
63
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How would adding or subtracting a score by a constant change SD

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The SD would stay the same

64
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How would multiplying or dividing a score by a constant change SD

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Causes the standard deviation to be multiplied by the same constant

65
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Positive skew

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The tail is more pronounced on the right side

Means skewedness is less than 0 since it is in the positive direction

66
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Negative skew

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The tail is more pronounced on the left side

Means skewedness is less than 0 since it is in the negative direction

67
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Kurtosis

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Bell curve shape in distribution tables that describes distribution of observed data around the mean

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Leptokurtic

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Low kurtosis

Characterized by broad peak and thin tails

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Platykurtic

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High kurtosis

Characterized by high peak with thick tails

70
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Skewness

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Measure of the asymmetry of a distribution

71
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What is a correlation?

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Way of measuring the extend to which two variables are related

72
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What are the characteristics of a correlation

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Direction (negative or positive)
Form (linear is most common)
Strength

73
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What are the three measures of variability

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Range
Interquartile range
Standard deviation

74
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What are the functions of measures of variability

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Describes whether the scores are widely scattered or closely scattered
Helps describe the location of individual scores
Gives indication how well a measure of central tendency represents the whole group

75
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What is the correlation coefficient

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Variance shared by both variables/(total variance of both variables)

= +1/-1

How much of total spread variance is shared between both variables

76
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Correlation coefficient levels

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0 = no relationship
+/- 0.1

77
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What is the coefficient of determination?

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Proportion that each of the variables play

r^2

78
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Sum of products (SP)

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Measures covariability between two variables

SP = Summation (X- Mx)(Y-My)

79
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Problems with covariability

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  1. Depends upon the units of measurement
  2. One solution
80
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Partial correlation

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Measures the relationship between two variables, controlling for the effect that a third variable has on them both.

81
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Z score

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Standardizing a score with respect to the other scores in the group.

Allows you to identify and describe location of every score in the distribution

Computing a z-score is equivalent to asking where the score (X value) is located in the distribution.

82
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Z score calculation

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Z = X - (mean of sample)/ SD

83
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What does the sign and number of the z score tell you

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The sign tells whether the score is above or below the mean

The number tells distance between score and mean in standard deviation units

84
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What is a shape of a normal distribution?

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  • Symmetrical
  • Highest frequency in the middle
  • Frequencies taper off towards the extremes
85
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Definition of probability

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The likelihood that a specific outcome will actually occur

86
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Probability formula

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number of outcomes classified as A/total number of possible outcomes

ex. 4 men, 15 women
4/19

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