SOC200H1 Study Guide - Statistical Significance, System On A Chip, Nomothetic
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16 qualitative field research and chapter 10 statistical significance ss. Looks at stats at a way u can one of the tools to determine whether a relationship your seeing in a sample can be rep of the pop the sample came from. Based on the is eal of sampling era: how much the relationship could be a se. If the chances are low that the relationship in the sample is not a result of se the finding could be classified as stat significant. Sampling error: is a sampling bias that makes its way into your selected sample. Thus the charastsics of ur sample may not accurately reflect the real pop. Using epsem could auuraratly reflect the pop giving accurate conclusions. Reduces isuuse to 2 decisiosns: either samople is unrepresentative. Probabilities help to understand wether how large or how small if it is generalizable to the pop. The ss of a relationship in a sample is always expressesd in a probablility.
