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Basic statistcal info needed for OT

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Nominal (aka categorical)   Lowest level/scale of measurement -- naming level, no order  
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Ordinal   Level/scale of measurement where data is put into order, from high to low -- does not indicate how space is defined between data elements  
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Interval   Level/scale of measurement that indicates how space is defined between data elements -- no true zero (e.g. heights of people)  
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Ratio   Level/scale of measurement that indicates how space is defined between data elements -- has a true zero (e.g. temperature)  
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Descriptive statistics   Summarizes data - uses all 4 levels/scales of measurement - uses mean, median, mode to get average - can use % (e.g. how many units per 100 have a certain characteristic)  
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Inferential statistics   Only uses interval & ratio level/scale of measurement - tools to show how the confidence we have when generalizing from a sample to a population - allows us to test for statistical differences between groups  
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Statistics come from where?   Samples  
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Parameters come from where?   Populations  
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Census   Data from every member of a population  
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Positive skew   Data is clustered close to the Y axis  
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Negative skew   Data is clustered away from the Y axis  
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Parametric   Bell curve -- 50 subjects or more  
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Non-parametric   no bell curve - non-normal data - samples less than 50  
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Variability   Differences among scores -- aka 'spread' or 'dispersion' -- outliers are considered a weakness  
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Standard deviation   How much scores differ (vary) from the MEAN of the scores  
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What is the percentage of scores that fall in 1 SD?   68% -- or about 2/3  
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What is the percentage of scores that fall in 2 SD?   95%  
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What is the percentage of scores that fall in 3 SD?   99.7%  
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Type I Error   Rejecting null when it is true  
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Type II Error   Failing to reject the null when it is false  
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Alpha   The probability that researchers will use to reject the null -- a .01 null is a higher level than a .05 null -- aka level of significance  
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Ho   Null hypothesis symbol  
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Hi   Alternate hypothesis symbol  
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t-test statistic symbol   t  
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ANOVA statistic symbol   F  
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Pearson r statistic symbol   r  
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Linear regression equation   Y = a + bX  
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Chi Square statistic symbol   x2 (wiggly looking x)  
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Mann-Whitney U Test statistic symbol   U  
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Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test   T (italicized)  
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Kruskal-Wallis H Test   H (italicized)  
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When is it appropriate to use a t-test?   Comparing 2 group means -- test of dependent (scores are related) or independent (scores have no relationship between groups -- null hypothesis: NO difference between the group means - non parametric equivalent is Wilcoxon Signed Ranks  
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When is it appropriate to use ANOVA?   Testing differences in 3 or more group means - null hypothesis: NO statistical difference between the group means  
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What is a one-way ANOVA?   Subjects are classified ONE way -- effect of ONE independent variable on ONE dependent variable  
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What is a two-way ANOVA?   Subjects are classified TWO ways -- effect of TWO independent variables on ONE dependent variable  
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When is it appropriate to use Pearson r?   Finding a relationship (correlation) between 2 variables and finding strength of the relationship -- closer to +1 or -1 == a stronger relationship  
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When is it appropriate to use linear regression?   When we find a relationship between 2 variables -- the linear regression equation can be used to predict future scores  
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Linear regression -- Y is what?   The score to be predicted  
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Linear regression -- a is what?   Intercept - point where straight line meets y-axis  
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Linear regression -- b is what?   Angle of the line  
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Linear regression -- X is what?   Score on the variable X -- the score we know  
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Linear regression - what is 'Line of Best Fit'?   The concentration of data points that yields a line  
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When is it appropriate to use Chi Square?   When we need to determine how the members of a population are distributed among 2 or more categories  
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One-way Chi Square?   Allows analysis of ONE categorical variable (such as modalities to treat RA) - 1x2, 1x3 - null hypothesis: there is no TRUE DIFFERENCE between expected and observed results  
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Two-way Chi Square?   Allow analysis of TWO categorical varaibles - 2x2, 2x3 - null hypothesis: There is no TRUE RELATIONSHIP between category 1 and category 2  
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