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STATISTICS
Methods of Inquiry Syllabus:514
Gustav W. Friedrich
The science of reducing masses of data to a few descriptive terms and drawing
inferences from them.
A. Assessing Differences
1. Parametric versus Nonparametric Statistics: size of sample; normality of
distribution of population; homogeneity of variance; level of measurement.
2. One independent variable (IV)
a) Nominal level Dependent Variable (DV): chi square
b) Continuous level DV
1) Two levels of IV = t test (independent or dependent)
2) Three + levels of IV = one-way ANOVA (t2 = F)
3. Two + IVs
a) One DV
1) Nominal level: chi square (contingency table)
2) Continuous level: two-way ANOVA
b) Two + DVs
1) Nominal level: chi square
2) Continuous level: two-way MANOVA
B. Assessing Relationships
1. Two variables: correlation
a. Nominal level: point biserial or Cramer's V
b. Ordinal: Spearman rho
c. Continuous: Pearson r
2. Three + variables
a. Multiple regression
b. Factor analysis
c. Discriminant Analysis
d. Canonical Correlation