HSS 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Statistical Inference, Parametric Statistics, Descriptive Statistics
17 Feb 2016
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Describing the data collected in the study. Drawing inferences (generalizing) to larger populations than those studied. Question > research methods > quantitative = statistic or qualitative = quasi-statistic & univariate. Typically, univariate, nominal, or ordinal levels of measurement. Methods used to obtain tables that characterize or summarize data collected (focus is on the samples at hand) Methods that allow the researcher to generalize the characteristics from a set of sample data to a. Concerned with: describing the population from the sample (but not absolute truths, testing differences between sample and population, between two samples, between two measures of the same population. Inferential statistical analysis: conclusions about the population are inferred from the information obtained about the, can be used for estimation and prediction sample. Research: a systematic approach to finding answers to questions. Research design: a plan for gathering data for answering specific research questions. A research process is selecting the problem, doing the literature review, etc.
