PPT-Inferential Statistics

Paf 203 Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs REVIEW What is statistics What is the difference between a population and a sample What is a parameter A statistic What are the measures of central tendency. 1 (Version 1: 8/27/2014 ) SPSS for Inferential Statistics SPSS for Inferential Statistics 2 (Version 1: 8/27/2014 ) Background Information IBM SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statisti 1-. 1. 1-. 1. 1-. 1. Statistics for Managers using Microsoft Excel. 6. th. Edition. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1-. 2. Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. Tim.bates@ed.ac.uk. http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/events/research_seminars/psychstats. Resources. http://www.statmethods.net. Our basic question…. Did something occur?. Importantly, did what we predicted would occur, transpire?, i.e., is the world as we predicted?. Level of data . Tests. Levels . of significance. Type . 1 & Type 2 Error. What You Need to Know for The Exam….. You will not have to conduct these tests in an exam(cue… sigh of relief). However you will have to;. A Hypothetical Inferential Theory (HIT). Henrik Singmann, Igor . Douven. , . Shira. . Elqayam. , David Over, & . Janneke. van . Wijnbergen-Huitink. New paradigm, probabilities, pragmatics, and dual processing: Festschrift in . conclusions. Comprehension Toolkit. Inferential comprehension 3. Comprehension Toolkit. Inferential comprehension . 3. Comprehension. means . understanding. . . The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out. The confluence of statistics, methodology, and philosophy. The math…. Everyone knows this.. But what does it . really . mean?.  . Averaging . is a common technique. 1952. How many of the 4000 pilots fit all the 10 averages?. October 14, 2009. Subjective Probability. Throughout the course I have used the word probability.. Yet I have not defined it. Instead I have relied on the assumption that you all have a sense of probability.. Types of Inference. Estimation. : On the basis of information in a sample of scores, we estimate the value of a population parameter.. Hypothesis Testing. : We determine how well the data in the sample fit with the hypothesis that in the population a parameter has a particular value.. Level of data . Tests. Levels . of significance. Type . 1 & Type 2 Error. What You Need to Know for The Exam….. You will not have to conduct these tests in an exam(cue… sigh of relief). However you will have to;. 1)Statistical tests are used by Psychologists(and maths boffins) to . prove or disprove . a Hypothesis.. 2) Statistical tests are used to determine whether data shows significance(if there is a relation or effect in the experiment).. Mike Griffiths. m.griffiths@gold.ac.uk. homepages.gold.ac.uk/. mikegriffiths. /teaching. Variables. Quantitative research concerns itself with variables.. Which of the following are variables?. Height. Comprehension Toolkit. Inferential comprehension 1. Comprehension Toolkit. Inferential comprehension 1. Comprehension. means . understanding. . . The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out. Demographic Statistics Section. United Nations Expert Group Meeting . on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic . on Conducting Population and Housing Censuses and . on Census Data Quality Concerns. 9-12 February 2021.