Saturday, June 18, 2011

Using Statistical Analyses to Explore Data From MBEA


Now that you have learned how to (1) compare means, (2) test for correlations, and (3) test for associations you now that the basic tools necessary to explore authentic data sets such as those found in the MBEA.

If you want to test your ability to use statistical analyses to explore a data set try answering these questions.

1) What are three questions that you can help answer by using a t-test. Choose a different "categorical variable for each of these questions".

2) What are two questions that you can help answer using a linear regression test? Be sure to choose different independent and dependent variables for each question.

3) What is one question that you can help answer using a Chi Square Test?

If you want more practice conducting statistical analyses then you can use the data to answer your questions.

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