Basic Research And Statistics. Descriptive statistics are the simplest type and involves taking the findings collected for sample data and organising summarising and reporting these results. Tianhao Luo Basic Statistics for Research Jan 30Feb 1 2017 22 36 Probability Probability is a way to express knowledge or belief of the frequency that an event will occur or has occurred.
Two major areas of statistics Descriptive statistics It concern with development of certain indices from the raw data. The chapter reviews the differences between nonexperimental and experimental research and the differences between descriptive and. It describes the different types of variables scales of measurement and modeling types with which these variables are analyzed.
One of the reasons to use statistics is to condense large amounts of information into more manageable chunks.
This course will also prepare you for the next course in the specialization - the course Inferential Statistics. In this course you will learn the basics of statistics. Inferential statistics It adopts the process of generalization. Understanding statistics is essential to understand research in the social and behavioral sciences.
