Measure, Test, or Eval?
Test
Which of the following is not a form of scientific communication?
poster
paper
blog
blog
These are all statistics that provide an average
mean, median, mode
used to determine differences between two independent groups.
Independent t-test
my p = 0.03, am I due to chance?
no; statistical significant
Radar gun is to speed as bodpod is to
body composition; body fat %
graphs, tables, and figures are found in this section
Results
Term for consistency of your measurements
reliability
Name that statistic: tells you the strength and direction of a relationship
correlation coefficient; r
Used to show "practical significance" not statistical significance... tells how big.
Effect size
Evaluation compared to normative data
norm-referenced evaluation
The purpose statement of the study can usually be found here
introduction; end of introduction section
This average is most stable... meaning that is it not influenced by extreme (i.e. outlier scores).
Median
When x goes high, y goes low
negative relationship; indirect relationship
Reject the Null, when Null is correct.
Type I Error; false positive
Assigning a number to a characteristic to quantify it
measure; measurement
This section explains the results.
Discussion
A clock that is 5 minutes fast has how much error?
5 min
Family of statistical analyses that can determine if differences exist between two OR more groups.
ANOVA; Analysis of Variance
p = 0.059, accept or reject?
Accept
philosophical process of determining the value of data or a measurement.
evaluation
Premier form of communication in science is
journal article; paper; peer-reviewed paper
This percentage of your data falls between +/- 3 standard deviations of the normal curve
+99%
Latin phrase for "after the fact".
post hoc
Describe this relationship r=0.099
trivial/small; not related