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1. What is design and data analysis?

Design analysis
Researchers conduct experiments to study cause and effect relationships
and to estimate the impact of child care and early childhood programs on children
and their families. There are two basic types of experiments:
 Randomized experiments
 Quasi-experiments

Data analysis
Different statistics and methods used to describe the characteristics of the
members of a sample or population, explore the relationships between variables, to
test research hypotheses, and to visually represent data are described. Terms relating
to the topics covered are defined in the Research Glossary.
 Descriptive Statistics
 Tests of Significance
 Graphical/Pictorial Methods
 Analytical Techniques

2. Different basic statistical tools?

Two main statistical methods are used in data analysis: descriptive statistics, which
summarize data from a sample using indexes such as the mean or standard deviation,
and inferential statistics, which draw conclusions from data that are subject to random
variation (e.g., observational errors, sampling variation). Some of the most common and
convenient statistical tools to quantify such comparisons are the F-test, the t-tests, and
regression analysis. Because the F-test and the t-tests are the most basic tests they will
be discussed first.

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