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Member Training: Analyzing Likert Scale Data

August 31st, 2022 by

Is it really ok to treat Likert items as continuous? And can you just decide to combine Likert items to make a scale? Likert-type data is extremely common—and so are questions like these about how to analyze it appropriately. (more…)


Member Training: A Gentle Introduction to Bootstrapping

July 28th, 2022 by

Bootstrapping is a methodology derived by Bradley Efron in the 1980s that provides a reasonable approximation to the sampling distribution of various “difficult” statistics. Difficult statistics are those where there is no mathematical theory to establish a distribution.

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Member Training: Assumptions of Linear Models

June 30th, 2022 by

Stage 2What are the assumptions of linear models? If you compare two lists of assumptions, most of the time they’re not the same.
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Member Training: Analyzing Pre-Post Data

May 31st, 2022 by

Stage 2Recommendations on how to analyze pre-post data can vary. Typical recommendations include regression analysis or matched pairs analysis for within subject studies and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) or linear mixed effects model analysis for within and between subject studies.
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Member Training: Introduction to SPSS Software Tutorial

April 29th, 2022 by

In this 10-part tutorial, you will learn how to get started using SPSS for data preparation, analysis, and graphing. This tutorial will give you the skills to start using SPSS on your own. You will need a license to SPSS and to have it installed before you begin.

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Member Training: Analysis of Means

March 31st, 2022 by

Stage 2Analysis of Means (ANOM) is an underappreciated methodology that has relevance to quality control and institutional comparisons.

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