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September Member Training: Inference and p-values and Statistical Significance, Oh My!

by TAF Support

Statistical inference using hypothesis testing is ubiquitous in science. Several misconceptions and misinterpretations of p-values have arisen over the years, which can lead to challenges communicating the correct interpretation of results.

[Read more…] about September Member Training: Inference and p-values and Statistical Significance, Oh My!

Tagged With: hypothesis testing, inference, interpreting, p-value, statistical significance

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How Big of a Sample Size do you need for Factor Analysis?

by Karen Grace-Martin Leave a Comment

Most of the time when we plan a sample size for a data set, it’s based on obtaining reasonable statistical power for a key analysis of that data set. These power calculations figure out how big a sample you need so that a certain width of a confidence interval or p-value will coincide with a scientifically meaningful effect size.

But that’s not the only issue in sample size, and not every statistical analysis uses p-values.

[Read more…] about How Big of a Sample Size do you need for Factor Analysis?

Tagged With: Factor Analysis, p-value, rules of thumb, sample size

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Should Confidence Intervals or Tests of Significance be Used?

by Christos Giannoulis Leave a Comment

What is a Confidence Interval?

Any sample-based findings used to generalize a population are subject to sampling error. In other words, sample statistics won’t exactly match the population parameters they estimate.

[Read more…] about Should Confidence Intervals or Tests of Significance be Used?

Tagged With: confidence interval, p-value, sampling error, significance testing, statistical significance

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Member Training: Writing Up Statistical Results: Basic Concepts and Best Practices

by TAF Support

Many of us love performing statistical analyses but hate writing them up in the Results section of the manuscript. We struggle with big-picture issues (What should I include? In what order?) as well as minutia (Do tables have to be double-spaced?). [Read more…] about Member Training: Writing Up Statistical Results: Basic Concepts and Best Practices

Tagged With: communicate results, dissertation, p-value, reporting, statistical significance, tables, Writing Results

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Eight Ways to Detect Multicollinearity

by Karen Grace-Martin 4 Comments

Multicollinearity can affect any regression model with more than one predictor. It occurs when two or more predictor variables overlap so much in what they measure that their effects are indistinguishable.

When the model tries to estimate their unique effects, it goes wonky (yes, that’s a technical term).

So for example, you may be interested in understanding the separate effects of altitude and temperature on the growth of a certain species of mountain tree.

[Read more…] about Eight Ways to Detect Multicollinearity

Tagged With: Bivariate Statistics, Correlated Predictors, linear regression, logistic regression, Multicollinearity, p-value, predictor variable, regression models

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What Is an Exact Test?

by Karen Grace-Martin 2 Comments

Most of the p-values we calculate are based on an assumption that our test statistic meets some distribution. These distributions are generally a good way to calculate p-values as long as assumptions are met.

But it’s not the only way to calculate a p-value.

Rather than come up with a theoretical probability based on a distribution, exact tests calculate a p-value empirically.

The simplest (and most common) exact test is a Fisher’s exact for a 2×2 table.

Remember calculating empirical probabilities from your intro stats course? All those red and white balls in urns? [Read more…] about What Is an Exact Test?

Tagged With: empirical probability, fisher exact test, Fisher's, p-value

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