SOCI 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Null Hypothesis, Statistical Significance
13 Jun 2016
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Reading the abstract in scholarly research will provide you with an easily digestible review of the study"s major findings and the framework the author uses. Peruse discussion section and look at tables, which provide a condensed summary of the key findings. In tables presenting causal relationships, independent variable attributes are typically in the table"s columns, while dependent variable attributes are presented in rows. Statistical significance tells us the likelihood that the relationships could be caused by something other than chance. P value provides guidance on whether or not we should reject the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is the assumption that no relationship exists between the variables in question. Give serious thought and understanding to what you do know, what you don"t, what you can know, what you can"t. Popular press may leave out a funding source; findings that seem to support a political agenda can have more or less weight.
