Variability, uncertainty and inferences Flashcards

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data collected from humans is varied and this variability presents the challenge that any sample taken from the population is going to vary. What is this called?

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sampling variation

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the value used to represent the natural variation between participant scores and sample means =

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standard deviation

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what is standard deviation? (use words standardised and deviation)

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it is the standardised measure of the amount of deviation we expect (the variation from the standard measure)

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the SD accounts for the _______ variance and the mean difference between experimental conditions accounts for the _______ variance

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unsystematic, systematic

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what do we assess the effect (systematic variance) against?

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how much of the total variance is unsystematic

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what gives a graphical representation of variation in scores?

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error bars

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what do error bar graphs with 95% confidence interval provide?

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an estimate of the effects we should find in a population e.g. we are 95% confident that the mean in the population will fall between the upper and lower CI

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what do we look for in error bar graphs to be 95% certain?

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there is no overlap between groups

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what are the reasons that the sample mean will unlikely be the same as the population mean?

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sampling error and unsystematic variation

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estimate of the deviation between our sample mean and population mean = ?

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standard error

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what does a large standard error value indicate?

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there is lots of variation

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unsystematic variance = ? systematic variance = ?

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error, effect

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when running an inferential test we are looking at how much ____ and ____ there is

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error (unsystematic variation), effect (systematic variation)

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total amount of variance =

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total unsystematic V (due to ppts differing) + total systematic V (due to experimental manipulation)

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if there is more unsystematic variation what is the likely effect size and is there an effect?

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unlikely to be an effect in pop > small effect size

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uncertainty = ______ / ______

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effect / error (mean difference/standard error) THIS PROVIDES THE T VALUE

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what does the t test compare?

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estimate of error against the effect (effect/error=t value)

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from what value can we calculate the p value?

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from the t value we can calculate the p value

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whether we are likely to see an effect in the sample if there is no effect in the population =

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p value

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what does a p value of less than 0.05 mean?

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there is a very small chance of finding an effect in the sample if there is no effect in the population > this means there is a significant effect!!

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why do we conduct inferential statistics?

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we need to generalise the effect to the population and make inferences about the effect in the population

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why do we not test qualitative data using inferential stats?

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the focus is on subjective experiences

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why can inferential stats result in flawed estimates of error?

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we haven’t tested the whole population so we don’t know the population mean and SD, and small samples won’t be representative of the population

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size of effect =

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mean difference

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what are the 3 measures of effect?
statistical significance, 95% confidence interval, effect size
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standardised measure of how important the effect is that you find in the sample (magnitude of effect) = ?
effect size
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what do the 3 measures of effect individually measure?
p value = whether or not there is an effect, CI = estimate of effect you may have in the pop, effect size = compares the size of the effect
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what is the specific effect size for t tests?
cohen's D
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lots of overlap = small or large cohen's d?
small value > not much difference > no big effect
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low overlap of cohen's d?
high value > more difference > more of an effect
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in an ANOVA what are independent variables called?
factors (and groups are called levels)
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differences found due to the fact that ppts did different things in each of the groups =
the treatment effect
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1 IV with 2 conditions = ? 1 IV with 3 conditions = ?
independent t test, independent 1 way ANOVA
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differences between groups assumed due to the manipulation we have applied to the groups =
between group variance
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how is the grand mean calculated?
the mean of each group mean
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the between group variance is the difference between the ______ mean and each _____ group
grand, group
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how do you calculate between group differences?
take away each group mean from the grand mean, add these values together, square this value, multiple by n, divide by df
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what do between group differences include?
effect (differences due to manipulation), error (individual differences, sampling error)
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how is within group variance different from between group variance?
between = systematic variance (effect) compared to within = unsystematic variance > how much error we have in our effect. this error is due to individual differences and sampling error
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between groups variance (effect) / within groups variance (error) gives a value that represents the effect. what is this value called?
F ratio
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value that provides an indication of the size of our effect taking the error into account =
F ratio
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if F is ______ than 1 you have more effect than error
greater
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if F is ______ than 1 you have more error than effect
smaller
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the np2 value is converted into a ______
proportion e.g. 0.45 > 45%
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what does np2 tell us?
what proportion of our total variance is due to the treatment effect
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variability in data results in ______
uncertainty
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to compare effect sizes what do we need to use?
standardised measures of effect size
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what does a 1 way ANOVA tell you?
whether there are differences between your group (but not which groups differ or by how much)
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what does it mean the ANOVA outcome is not significant?
there are no differences between groups