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the importance of statistics in evidence-based practice
* Formulating a well-thought question 
* Identify evidence-based resources that help answer that question 


* Critically appraise the evidence to assess its validity 
* Applying the evidence 
* Re-evaluate the application of evidence and areas for improvement 
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sections that make up a journal article
abstract, introduction (background and hypotheses), methods, results, discussion,
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abstract
Brief summary of the article at beginning

– Usually contains fewer than 150 words

Provides an overview of the study’s purpose, methods, and findings
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introduction
background

* Statement of Purpose: Why did the author conduct the study?
* Review of Literature most relevant for the presented study
* What is the goal of the study?

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Hypotheses

* Sometimes explicitly stated
* Other times must be inferred from text
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methods
How was the study conducted?

Participants/Subjects/Sample: Who was in the Study

* Sample Size
* Selection Methods

Materials: What was used to collect data

* Instruments or Apparatuses used to collect data
* e.g., Questionnaires, Lab Equipment, etc.

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Procedures: the protocol for data collection

* What did participants do; When and Where was data collected

Data Analysis Plan: Once data is collected how will the researchers analyze it to come up with their findings; Results not reported here

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Generally, this presents the Statistical Methods used
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results
Overview of the results obtained from analyses

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Information can be in text, table, or graphical form

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Statistical information relaying findings regarding research questions
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discussion
Authors’ conclusions, understanding, or interpretation of the findings

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Interprets results section in the context of the purpose of the study

The author will sometimes provide reasoning about the findings

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Limitations of the study are discussed as well as potential future research

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Where one is most likely to find the relevance of research findings to practice may be referred to as Implications for Practice
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discrete
Variable **cannot** take on a Value between Successive Observed Values

Examples: Number of kids in household \\n Type of material used for construction (e.g., wood, brick, etc.)
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continuous
Variable **can** take on a Value between Successive Observed Values

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Examples:

Age of an individual

Household income
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nominal/categorical
grouping, countable \[ =, ≠\]

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Bar Graph
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ordinal/ranking
direction, comparable \[
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interval
equidistant, zero does not mean zero, degree of difference \[+, -\]

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Using Class Intervals \n Histogram \n Stem-and-Leaf \n

Maintains Individual Values \n Polygon
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ratio
zero has meaning, magnitude \[\*, /\] 

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Using Class Intervals \n Histogram \n Stem-and-Leaf \n

Maintains Individual Values \n Polygon
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dependent variable
variable being described

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variable that is being measured as a result of experiment
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independent variable
describing variables

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variable being manipulated in study
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predictor
provides information on an associated dependent variable regarding a particular outcome
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covariate
an independent variable that can influence the outcome of a given statistical trial, but which is not of direct interest
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population
total set of individuals or items of interest
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parameter
measured characteristics of population
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sample
a subset of the population taken as representative of population
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statistic
measured characteristics of sample
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data
collected pieces of information about observations on people, lab samples, etc.
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systematic differences
Individual Differences Explained by Group Membership. \n

E.G., In general, Elderly Individuals may require longer recovery time.
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random variation
Within a Group there may be Unexplained Differences between Individuals \n

E.G., Louisa had a recovery time shorter than what is typical for Other Elderly Individuals
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descriptive statistics
Describe a Sample; Summarize, Organize, and Simplify Data \n

Graphical and Numerical representations of sample characteristics
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inferential statistics
Make inferences from a Sample to a Population; Derive generalizations about a Population based on a Sample from that Population \n

Statistical Tests and Levels of Confidence in Estimation of \n Parameters
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negative skew
most people on higher end of scale

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mode > median > mean
most people on higher end of scale

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mode > median > mean
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positive skew
most people on lower end of scale

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mean > median > mode
most people on lower end of scale

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mean > median > mode
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kurtosis
* Peakedness of a distribution 
* Positive leptokurtic 
* Symmetrical mesokurtic 


* Negative platykurtic 
* Peakedness of a distribution 
* Positive leptokurtic 
* Symmetrical mesokurtic 


* Negative platykurtic 
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mean
* Evenly divide the total amount of something amongst everyone in a group 
* Can be affected by extreme values (outliers) 
* Adding or removing a value will change it unless the value is equal to it


* Adding or subtracting a constant, it will change by that constant 
* Multiply or diving by a factor it will also change by that factor 

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not appropriate for nominal variable scales, questionable with ordinal 
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median
middle value

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appropriate for ordinal, interval, and ration variable scale
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mode
most common value

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appropriate for any variable scale
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z score formula
Z = X - μ / σ
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standard deviation formula
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empirical rule
a statistical rule that states that almost all observed data for a normal distribution will fall within three standard deviations (denoted by σ) of the mean or average (denoted by µ)
a statistical rule that states that almost all observed data for a normal distribution will fall within three standard deviations (denoted by σ) of the mean or average (denoted by µ)
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scatterplot
* Direction of relationship  
* Linear relationship is monotonic with constant rate of change 

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Flat 

* Changes in one 
* No effect on changes in the other 

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Positive 

* Both variables change in the same direction 
* As X increases, Y increases 

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Negatives 

* Variable change in opposite directions 
* As X decreases, Y increases and vice versa 

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Can be non-monotonic (move in multiple directions) 

* Cannot discern if its positive or negative 
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strength of relationship in scatterplot
* How much dispersion about a line 
* Stronger = more determined 
* Stronger correlation when dots are closer to a line 
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correlation coefficient
* Often denoted as r 
* -1 ≤ r ≤ 1  


* The closer to –1 or 1 the straighter the line, and stronger the relationship 
* The closer to 0 the weaker the relationship 
* R can take on negative, positive, or zero linear directionality 
* 0.1 - 0.3 relationship – small correlation 
* 0.3 - 0.5 - medium correlation 


* 0.5+ - strong correlation 
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coefficient of determination
* R2 serves as an index measuring the strength (not direction of angle) of the linear relationship (how closely do points follow a straight line) 
* If we have r=0.5 then r2 = 0.25 as 25% if the variance between two variables 


* R2 does not measure direction of correlation 
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Spearman rho
* monotonic but non-linear relationships Ordinal, interval, or ratio variables 
* Helps when outliers are present 
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Point Biserial
True dichotomy with interval or ratio variable (treatment groups, term class taken, sex, etc.)

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ex. student type (graduate vs undergrad) and amount of sleep (in hours)
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Biserial
* One artificial dichotomy with interval or ratio variables
* Usually ranked as high or low
* Line represents means of each group
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Tetrachoric
* Two artificial dichotomies

ex. income (high & low) education level (college & less than college)
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Coefficient phi
* With two true dichotomous variables
* Y & N
* With two true dichotomous variables
  * Y & N
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Cramer’s V
* With two nominal variables (>2 categories)
* With two nominal variables (>2 categories)
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reliability vs validity
**reliability**

measures consistently and predictably 

necessary but not sufficient condition for validity

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**validity**

how appropriately/accurately a construct is measured
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internal consistency
* homogeneity of items within a scale; items on scale work well together 
* “Are items on scale doing equally well at measuring a construct” 
* Internal consistency is a type of reliability 
* \*\*Scale is internally consistent when responses across items provided by individuals are similar thus exhibit correlations with one another & overall scale scores 
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alternate forms
* Correlation of scores for the same individuals amongst different versions of the same scale; 


* If different forms of instrument are truly measuring the same construct, then we would expect the correlation of the scores to be high

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why we want them

* Briefer form of a longer scale 
* Different forms for a Pre- & Post-test to avoid pretest sensitization (performance upon administration influences performance on next administration perhaps by memorization) 
* Prevent Cheating on Tests 
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test-retest
* if same basic score is expected across measurement occasions (as with traits), correlation of scores across different time points should be high 


* Measuring resting heart rate every month, in general should be similar 
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inter-rater reliability
the extent to which ratings of a phenomena emerging from different judges on the same occasion are in agreement

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Same scores have high inter-rater reliability 
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intra rater reliability
the extent to which ratings of a phenomena emerging from a single judge across multiple occasions are in agreement 

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intra-rater reliability - How consistent same judge is
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content of measure
an item asking if an individual has “friends who could help them in a time of need” assesses social support defined as having a network of others upon which they can rely on 
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response process
* e.g., giving a **higher rating** on an item reflects stronger feeling about the topic expressed in the question 


* Scores 1-5 responses 
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internal structure
* e.g., depression scale has items tapping into each the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical dimensions of depression 


* How detailed and if it is reaching every aspect of abstract variables 
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based on other constructs
e.g., college readiness exam scores should be related to other indicators of academic achievement 
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based on consequences
e.g., would a diagnostic assessment tool erroneously lead to a misdiagnosis which may in turn unnecessarily subject an individual to a risky treatment 
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content validity
* How well does a measure represent the components of a construct; 
* Expert review of how accurately items tap into aspects of a construct & content sampling; 


* e.g., if we wanted to assess a person’s Overall Health Well-Being, we may want to sample across health content, such as energy levels, experience of pain, frequency of sickness, etc.
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criterion related validity
* Does a measure have an empirical relationship with various other indicators of a construct; 
* Concurrent & predictive 

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Predictive: scores on a college admission test should predict college freshman GPA 

* Predicting another outcome based on first one 

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Concurrent: since both SAT and ACT are used for college admissions, then if one scores high on the ACT we would also expect that they score high on SAT 
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construct valildity
* does a measure behave the way our theory about a construct implies it would; 
* Convergent & Divergent 

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Convergent: Stress and Blood Pressure are known to have a positive correlation with one. A researcher checks to see if the scores on their Stress Scale correlate to Blood Pressure Levels. 

* If stressed then BP should be higher 

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Divergent: Word problems on a Math Exam are meant to reflect Math Comprehension more so than Reading Ability. To assure this, it was examined whether scores on other measures of Math Comprehension were more strongly correlated with Word Problem scores than to Reading Skill Scores  

* If measure stress and height those should not be related