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When To Use A Particular Statistical Test

This document discusses different types of statistical tests used for univariate descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate inferential statistics. It defines central tendency measures like mode, median and mean. It also defines variance and standard deviation as measures of variability or spread. For bivariate inferential statistics, it describes chi square tests that compare observed and expected frequencies and t-tests that analyze differences between two groups on a variable of interest.

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When To Use A Particular Statistical Test

This document discusses different types of statistical tests used for univariate descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate inferential statistics. It defines central tendency measures like mode, median and mean. It also defines variance and standard deviation as measures of variability or spread. For bivariate inferential statistics, it describes chi square tests that compare observed and expected frequencies and t-tests that analyze differences between two groups on a variable of interest.

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"When to Use a Particular Statistical Test"

Univariate Descriptive Central Tendency Mode the most commonly occurring value ex: 6 people with ages 21, 22, 21, 23, 19, 21 - mode = 21 Median the center value the formula is N+1 2 ex: 6 people with ages 21, 22, 24, 23, 19, 21 line them up in order form lowest to highest 19, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24 and take the center value - mode =21.5 Mean the mathematical average the formula is 3X/N ex: mean age = age of person one + age of person two + age of person three, etc./number of people Variance a measure of how spread out a distribution is it is computed as the average squared deviation of each number from its mean Standard Deviation how much scores deviate from the mean it is the square root of the variance it is the most commonly used measure of spread

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Bi- and Multivariate Inferential Statistical Tests Differences of Groups Chi Square compares observed frequencies to expected frequencies ex: Is the distribution of sex and voting behavior due to chance or is there a difference between the sexes on voting behavior? t-Test looks at differences between two groups on some variable of interest the IV must have only two groups (male/female, undergrad/grad) ex: Do males and females differ in the amount of hours they spend shopping in a given month?

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