Statistical Tools
This is the average "score" among a set of numbers
Mean
A method in which a researcher asks a person a set of questions to gather data.
Interview/ survey
What is the most famous database commonly used to find academic journal articles.
Google Scholar
Who discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
When the mean, median, and mode are equal, the distribution is often this type.
Normal Distribution
Likert Scale
Research that explores experiences and meanings rather than numbers.
Qualitative Research
A scholarly source reviewed by other experts before publication.
Peer Reviewing
This inventor is credited with developing the first successful airplane.
Wright Brothers
The statement that there is no effect or relationship between variables.
Null Hypothesis
Which statistical tool best measures reliability of a certain data?
Cronbach Alpha
A detailed investigation of a single individual, group, or event.
Case Study
An event/idea measured to see the effect of the change.
Dependent Variable
This scientist discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes.
Marie Curie
The value that helps determine whether results are statistically significant.
P-value
This method is best used on descriptive data where we put together data of the same idea
Thematic Coding
A style of data gathering that collects a sample of multiple people to collect data.
Focused Group Discussion
A variable kept the same to ensure fair results.
Independent Variable
This computer pioneer proposed the idea of a machine that could simulate any computer algorithm.
Alan Turing
A statistical test used to compare means across three or more groups.
ANOVA
What statistical tool best measures 3 independent data sets?
Kruskal-Wallis test
A relationship where two variables change together but may not cause each other.
Correlation
Selecting participants randomly from a population.
Random Sampling
This scientist developed the smallpox vaccine, one of the first vaccines in history.
Edward Jenner
Systematic error that favors certain outcomes is called this.
Bias