Statistical Reasoning: Population Analysis and Inferential Statistics, Study notes of Descriptive statistics

Download Statistical Reasoning: Population Analysis and Inferential Statistics and more Study notes Descriptive statistics in PDF only on Docsity! Statistical Reasoning Population(s) Construct Variables (e.g., Intelligence, Level of Education, Reading Skills, Personality Traits) Theories, Conjectures, or Hypotheses about Population (e.g., about factor structure of intelligence, about educ. differences between certain groups, about the prediction of certain developments of individuals) Statistical Model Equations, Parameters (e.g., regression model, factor analytic model, discriminating model) Data / Sample Data Matrix (drawn!), Correlation Matrix Descriptive Statistics Description of the shape of distributions, of the association btw variables; Data Screening, Checking of Model Assumptions, etc. Inferential Statistics Testing of Hypotheses Estimation Description Exploration Verification Measurement, Data Collection Math. Specification