Definitions......
Instructor
Jeremy Jackson
| May 5, 2014
Location:
NW 3431
| New Westminster
Al Sharpton: "If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are.
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Define | Example | Calculate in Head |
Calculate in Excel |
Know Formula |
| Independent Variable | IV |
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| Dependent Variable | DV |
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| Level of a Variable | |
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| Dichotomous | |
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| Polychotomous | |
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| Continuous | |
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| Discrete | |
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| Population | |
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| Sample | |
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| Parameter | |
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| Statistic | |
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| Frequency Distribution | |
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| Histogram | |
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| Mode | |
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| Median | |
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| Mean | M,  , , |
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| Deviation Score | |
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| Absolute Average Deviation | AAD |
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| Sum of Squares | SS |
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| Variance | VAR,  , |
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| Standard Deviation | SD, S,  , |
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| Standard Score | Z |
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| Probability Distribution | |
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| Probability Density Function | pdf |
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| Empirical Distribution | |
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| Theoretical Distribution | |
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| The Normal Distribution | X~N |
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| The Standard Normal Distribution | Z~N |
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| Sampling Distribution | |
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| Sampling Distribution of the Mean | |
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| Standard Error | SE |
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| Standard Error of the Mean | SEM, |
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| Hypothesis Testing | |
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| Null Hypothesis | Ho |
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| P Value | P |
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| Critical Value | CV |
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| Rejection Region | |
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| Null Distribution | |
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| Type One Error | |
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| Alpha |  |
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| Type Two Error | |
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| Beta |  |
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| Power | |
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| Test Statistic | |
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| Two Groups t-test | |
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| ANOVA | |
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| Effect Size | |
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| Pearson r | r,  |
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| Cohen's d | d |
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| Eta Squared |  |
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| Confidence Interval on a Sample Mean | C.I. |
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