RES 710 Week 7 Discussion

Students need to contribute SIX substantive posts in this discussion by the due date indicated. The substantive posts can be any combination of responses and replies.

1. Describe different tests a researcher can perform with a combination of categorical and interval variables. What factors might influence test selection?
2. Discuss the assumptions that must be considered during hypothesis testing.
3. What factors would lead a researcher to run an ANOVA rather than multiple t-tests?
4. Please discuss or reflect what you’ve learned from Burdess’ (2013) Hypotheses about categories and numbers?
5. What is Alpha? What can we do with it?
6. What are the five steps of hypothesis testing? Which step is more difficult for you? Why?
7. Define the following terms (null hypothesis, research hypothesis, statistical hypothesis testing). Give an example of null and research hypotheses.
8. What is power in statistics? What’s the relationship between power, sample size, and effective size?
9. What do you need to know if you want to conduct a quantitative study?
10. What have you learned from Keller’s (2016) The Tao of Statistics: A Path to Understanding with no Math? Choose one topic from a chapter to discuss.
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of conducting a quantitative study?

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