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Basics and linear regression
Warner Ch. 9
*Note. Not everything from Stats 1 and 2 is explained extensively in this recap part, since it is considered
background knowledge.
Recap Stats 1 and 2
- Statistics – the science of collecting, organizing and interpreting numerical facts (data)
o Descriptive statistics – summarizing sample or population data with numbers/tables/graphs
o Inferential statistics – making predictions about population parameters based on a (random)
sample of data
- Population – total set of participants relevant for the research question (population parameter)
- Sample – subset of population about who the data is collected (sample statistic)
- Reliability and validity
o Reliability = precision
o Validity = bias
§ 2nd one is valid (unbiased), because on average you
will still get the correct value
o Reliability and validity are essentially not linked to each
other or intertwined, but they are independent concepts
Descriptive statistics
- Variable – measures characteristics that can differ between subjects
o Measuring scales (NOIR)
§ Qualitative/categorical
• Nominal – unordered categories
• Ordinal – ordered categories
§ Quantitative/numerical
• Interval – equal distances between consecutive values
• Ratio – equal distances and true 0
§ Many researchers use Likert scales and transfer them from ordinal à interval by assigning
numbers to the categories… allowed?
o Range
§ Discrete – measurement unit that is indivisible
§ Continuous – infinitely dividable measurement unit
§ Rule of thumb = that when a discrete measure has 7 or more units, it can be considered as
continuous
- 3 important dimensions of descriptives
o Central tendency – typical observation (mean, mode (most frequent), median (middle observation)
§ Also: mean is not always the best measure (e.g. if distribution is skewed)
o Dispersion – gives info about the extent to which a distribution is stretched or squeezed (standard
deviation, variance, interquartile range)
o Relative position measures – gives info about the relative position of observations (percentile,
quartile)
Inferential statistics
- We want to have reliable and valid statements about the population based on sample: sample statistic
(in ideal world) should not differ from population parameter
o Problems with this:
§ Sampling error random sample differences
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§ Sampling bias bias due to selective sample
§ Response bias bias due to incorrect answer
§ Non-response bias bias due to non-response (missings)
o You want to avoid bias by all means. You cannot actively avoid error. We can minimize error by
having a large sample (N). N does not influence bias!
o Solution = A random (or other probability) sampling approach of sufficient size that generates data
for everyone approached, with correct responses on all items for all subjects.
- 3 distributions
o Population distribution – how is the variable actually distributed in the population
o Sample data distribution – how is the data distributed in the sample we drew
o Sampling distribution – the probability for the sample statistic, e.g. the mean
§ The mean of this distribution is then the mean of all the sample means. = best estimation of
population parameter
§ Shows us how the statistic behaves from sample to sample
§ Standard deviation of this distribution = standard error
• Less variability in the sampling distribution than in the population distribution
• Less variability in the sampling distribution
when you draw bigger samples
- Central Limit Theorem: no matter the population
distribution, if you have a large enough sample size, the
sampling distribution will be normally distributed
o This is a necessary assumption for e.g. calculating CI
and p-values
o Empirical rule for normal distribution
o 68% within ± 1 𝜎 of the mean
o 95% within ± 2 𝜎 of the mean
o Almost 100% within ± 3 𝜎 of the mean
- Types of distributions
o (Standard-) normal distribution (Z-distribution)
§ Sampling distribution of a proportion if H0 applies
§ Sampling distribution of a mean if H0 applies and if
the population sd is known
§ In figure: the black distribution is the standard normal
o Student’s t-distribution
§ Sampling distribution of a mean if H0 applies and if
the population sd is unknown (which is basically
always)
§ Sampling distribution of a regression coefficient if H0
applies
§ In figure: you can see the different t-distributions for different sample sizes (n’s)
• Here you see, as the sample size increases, the t-distribution starts to resemble the z-
distribution more and more
• Can also see this in the t-table: last row in t-table (df = infinite), you see that these numbers
are the same as the ones in the z-table
§ In the T-distribution, we assume we do not know the standard deviation à we estimate it using
sample standard deviation
• Extra estimate of s à more uncertainty à more difficult to reject H0 à use df = n-1
• DF refers to the number of observations that are free to vary. You lose 1 df for each sample
statistic you incorporate.
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