STATS REVIEW FACTS Flashcards
Critical Z-score for confidence level of 90%
1.65
Critical Z-score for confidence level of 95%
1.96
Critical Z-score for confidence level of 99%
2.58
How do you determine a confidence interval?
Mean +/- z-score(SE)
How do you determine standard error?
Standard deviation/ square root of the sample size (N)
What is special about a z-distribution?
It has an idealized mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1
Type 1 Error
Null is True, but rejected the null
*Said there was a difference when really there wasn’t one!
Type 2 Error
Null is false, but fail to reject the null
*Said there was no difference but there actually was!!!
What are the 3 main parts of the classical experiment?
- Independent and dependent variables
- Pre-testing & post-testing
- Control & Experimental Groups
Phase 1 of clinical trial
Safety & Side Effects
Phase 2 of clinical trial
Ideal dosing
Phase 3 of clinical trial
Experimental vs. Control
Phase 4 of clinical trial
Continued evaluation of FDA-approved therapy
What is the hawthorne effect?
Research attention affects behavior
What does double blind mean?
Both the researcher and respondents don’t know which person in control or experimental
External Invalidity
Applicability to the real world
Internal Invalidity
Anything other than the stimulus that influences results
- history
- Maturation
- Testing
- Instrumentation
Simple Random Sample
Need a list/Sample frame
Assign number
Select a random number
Systematic Random Sample
- Determine number of elements needed
- Divide population by sample number desired = “k”
- List and number elements
- RANDOMLY select start point
- Select every K-th element within groups
Stratified
Random sample from sub populations
Cluster
Cluster = groups of elements Multistage = listing and sampling
**increases sampling error potential - two samples double the error opportunity!
Two ways to reduce sampling error
- Increase sample size
- Increase homogeneity