Explain the importance of ethics in conducting research. How can the information pertaining to Population Ecology (population density, random sampling) be useful to you, or how can you apply this knowledge to your everyday life as a non-scientist? How does the scientific meaning of "theory" ...
In most research studies, the investigators evaluate an effect of some sort. It can be the effectiveness of a new medication, the strength of a product, the relationship between variables, etc. There is some benefit or relationship that they hope to find. Learn aboutEffect Sizes in Statistics....
Statistical literacy is a key ability expected of citizens in information-laden societies, and is often touted as an expected outcome of schooling and as a necessary component of adults' numeracy and literacy. Yet, its meaning and building blocks have received little explicit attention. This paper...
it would be expected that the true population parameter would be captured by 95 percent of the calculated intervals. Confidence intervals can also be expressed as a way of denotingstatistical significance, meaning that values outside the range have a statistically significant difference from the sample...
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billions they were going to get from sales). Most likely, the scientists (or their bosses)didn’t understand the meaning of statistically significant, because I can’t imagine they thought that hiding three cases in a sample would lead to tens of thousands of heart attacks in the population....
In this research forum we present results from a research project concerning students' understanding of statistical association and its evolution after teaching experiments using computers. This research has been carried out at the Universities of Granada and Jaén over the years 1991-98. We...
In the research field of natural language processing (NLP), sentence stands a very prominent position in text processing. The procedure of sentence processing acquires technologies at a higher level, such as computing the meaning of a sentence based on analysis of meanings of its individual words....
Statistical significance does not always indicate practical significance, meaning the results cannot be applied to real-world business situations. In addition, statistical significance can be misinterpreted when researchers do not use language carefully in reporting their results. The fact that a result is...
A search using Google Scholar reveals that Dr Streiner's h‐index is 100, meaning he has authored at least 100 papers that have each garnered at least 100 citations. An absolute must‐read is Dr Streiner's latest commentary entitled "P‐hacking," published in the Journal of Clinical ...