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- Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data, 5e
Descriptive statistics allow the researcher to obtain an overview of the data and can help determine the type of statistical methods the researcher should use We discuss this step in detail in Chapters 2 through 4
- Introduction to Statistical Analysis - UC Berkeley School of . . .
Schedule Today Data, data collection instruments (e g , surveys) Focus is on descriptive statistics Research design Sample size, sources of error (maybe) Thursday Sample size, sources of error Measures of central tendency Demos of Excel SPSS Discussion of statistics assignment Next Tuesday More on SPSS with lots of examples Q A on the
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What are Statistics? Statistics are a branch of mathematics that deal with “the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data” (Merriam-Webster, n d ) We will cover two branches of statistics in this course:
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NURS 790: Methods for Research and Evidence Based Practice Basic Statistics Overview Types of Statistics Analyses Descriptive Statistics Frequencies Basic measurements Descriptive Statistics describe a phenomena How many? How much? BP, HR, BMI, IQ, etc Inferential Statistics Hypothesis Testing Correlation Confidence Intervals
- Introduction to Statistics Lecture Notes - Amherst
What – the variables Why – why was the data collected How – how was the data collected (related to design sampling in chapters 12-13) When Where – more information that could be relevant Chapters 3-5 Overview Covers basic graphs and descriptive statistics for both categorical and quantitative variables This is what you would do as a
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