
- 124 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
You can?t get anywhere in your statistics course without grasping statistical significance. it?s often seen as difficult but is actually a straightforward concept everyone canāand shouldāunderstand. Do your results mean somethingāor not? How can you measure it? Breaking it down into three building blocks, this Little Quick Fix shows students how to master:
- hypothesis testing
- normal distribution
- p values
Students will learn how to understand the concept and also how to explain it for maximum effect in their essays and lab reports. Good for resultsāthis is also a secret weapon for critical thinking.
Little Quick FixĀ titles provide quick but authoritative answers to the problems, hurdles, and assessment points students face in the research course, project proposal, or designāwhatever their methods learning is.
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- An hour?s read.Ā Easy to dip in and out of withĀ clear navigation enables the reader to find what she needsāquick.
- Direct written styleĀ gets to the point with clear language. Nothing needs to be read twice. No fluff.
- Learning is reinforced throughĀ a 2-minute overview summary; 3-second summaries with super-quick Q&A
- DIY tasksĀ create a work plan to accomplish a task, do a self-check quiz, solve a problem, get students to what they need to show their supervisor.
- CheckpointsĀ in each section make sure students are nailing it as they go and support self-directed learning.
- How do I know I'm done?Ā EachĀ Little Quick FixĀ wraps up with a final checklist that allows the reader to self-assess they've got what they need to progress, submit, or ace the test or task.
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Table of contents
- LITTLE QUICK FIX: STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE - FRONT COVER
- LITTLE QUICK FIX: STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- EVERYTHING IN THIS BOOK
- SECTION 1 - WHAT IS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE?
- SECTION 2 - WHY DO SAMPLES HAVE TO BE RANDOM?
- SECTION 3 - WHAT IS A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION?
- SECTION 4 - WHAT IS A STANDARD ERROR?
- SECTION 5 - HOW DO I CALCULATE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS WITH STANDARD ERRORS?
- SECTION 6 - WHAT IS A P-VALUE?
- SECTION 7 - WHAT DOES A SIGNIFICANT P-VALUE ACTUALLY MEAN?
- GLOSSARY