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| degree of symmetry of distribution |
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| degree of peakedness or flatness of distribution |
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| 1 categorical (time), 1 continuous DV |
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| independent sample t-test |
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| 1 categorical IV, 1 continuous DV; two different groups of ppl and compare scores on one occasion |
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| 1 categorical IV (i.e. time) 1 continuous DV; also called repeated measures; also dyad (mom and child) |
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| 1 3+ distinctual categorical IVs, 1 continuous DV to detect differences in mean scores on continuous variable (repeated or independent) |
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| 2 categorical IVs, 1 continuous DV |
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| interaction of power, effect size, and sample size |
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sample size increasing, increases power
greater power= greater effect size
smaller n= greater effect size |
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cohen's d (d) .2 small, .5 med, .8 lg CANNOT interpret as percent of variance
eta squared (n)- can interpret as % variance |
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| two groups or two sets of data and need to compare mean score on continuous variable |
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| Are older people more optimistic than younger people? |
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| would need to collapse into categories to use as IV (into 3+ groups) |
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