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Statistics and Research Methods: Understanding Experiments and Observational Studies, Quizzes of Statistics

Definitions and notes on various terms related to data gathering and statistical analysis, including the goals of data collection, methods for gathering data, types of studies, and considerations for selecting samples and assigning subjects to treatment groups in experiments. It also discusses the differences between observational and experimental studies and the potential limitations of each.

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2012/2013

Uploaded on 02/11/2013

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Download Statistics and Research Methods: Understanding Experiments and Observational Studies and more Quizzes Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 goal of gathering data DEFINITION 1 to study some measure from the population TERM 2 method pertaining to gathering data DEFINITION 2 choose a sample, get the data, compute statistic TERM 3 you calculate a statistic to predict for the __? DEFINITION 3 parameter TERM 4 2 types of studies DEFINITION 4 1) Experiment2) Observational study TERM 5 how do you select the subjects for your sample in an experiment DEFINITION 5 randomly TERM 6 how do you assign subjects to treatment groups in an experiment DEFINITION 6 random assigment TERM 7 real control of the situation: randomly select, randomly assign, collect data & analyze DEFINITION 7 experiment TERM 8 Observe explanatory & response var. without doing something to the subject DEFINITION 8 Observational study (Non experimental) TERM 9 looks at what has already happened DEFINITION 9 retrospective study TERM 10 looks at what will happen going forward DEFINITION 10 prospective study
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