Statistical Tools
Data and Statistics
Research Research
Famous Discoveries/Inventions
Statistical terms
100

This is the average "score" among a set of numbers

Mean

100

A method in which a researcher asks a person a set of questions to gather data.

Interview/ survey

100

What is the most famous database commonly used to find academic journal articles.

Google Scholar

100

Who discovered gravity? 

Isaac Newton

100

When the mean, median, and mode are equal, the distribution is often this type.

Normal Distribution

200
This statistical tool measures frequency, agreement, satisfaction etc. among a group of respondents. 

Likert Scale

200

Research that explores experiences and meanings rather than numbers.

Qualitative Research

200

A scholarly source reviewed by other experts before publication.

Peer Reviewing

200

This inventor is credited with developing the first successful airplane.

Wright Brothers

200

The statement that there is no effect or relationship between variables.

Null Hypothesis

300

Which statistical tool best measures reliability of a certain data?

Cronbach Alpha

300

A detailed investigation of a single individual, group, or event.

Case Study

300

An event/idea measured to see the effect of the change.

Dependent Variable

300

This scientist discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes.

Marie Curie

300

The value that helps determine whether results are statistically significant.

P-value

400

This method is best used on descriptive data where we put together data of the same idea

Thematic Coding

400

A style of data gathering that collects a sample of multiple people to collect data. 

Focused Group Discussion

400

A variable kept the same to ensure fair results.

Independent Variable

400

This computer pioneer proposed the idea of a machine that could simulate any computer algorithm.

Alan Turing

400

A statistical test used to compare means across three or more groups.

ANOVA

500

What statistical tool best measures 3 independent data sets?

Kruskal-Wallis test

500

A relationship where two variables change together but may not cause each other.

Correlation

500

Selecting participants randomly from a population.

Random Sampling

500

This scientist developed the smallpox vaccine, one of the first vaccines in history.

Edward Jenner

500

Systematic error that favors certain outcomes is called this.

Bias

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