Stats 2 First Exam Flashcards
Descriptive research
Describes population we are studying
Central tendency demonstrates
Mid-points
Spread
Range, SD, D, etc.
Frequency
Number of times it occurs, percent/portion of time it occurs: n, f, p
Inferential research
Infer from the sample to the population
Parameter
Value corresponding to population
Statistic
Value corresponding to sample
Historical research
Looking at past using causal comparative, descriptive, and inferential analysis
Regression
Type of correlation research positing temporal order of variable
Causal-Comparative
Allows for making causal statements
Ex-post facto
Identify settings with differing characteristics and assume difference in results is due to different characteristics
Pre-experimental designs
Are limited. Example: One-shot case study
Quasi-experimental design
Control group and experimental group but no randomization.
True experimental design
Researcher manipulation and randomization
Meta-analyses
Aggregate results from many different studies (frequently based on effect sizes)
Continuous variable
Allows values in-between
Categorical variable
Groups, no in-between
Fixed variable
Allows only certain range (e.g., ages 20-40)
Random variable
Allows all possibilities. Each has equal and independent chance of occurring
Multivariate
More than one DV
Univariate
One DV
Multiple regression
More than one IV
Factorial
More than one IV with analysis of variance
Sampling distribution
Graph statistics of infinite number of samples (graph of means)