Social Statistics for a Diverse Society
Eighth Edition
SAGE Journal Articles
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Article 1
- Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
- Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
- How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained, or F obtained) reported in the article?
- Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis?
Article 2
- Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
- Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
- How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained, or F obtained) reported in the article?
- Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis?
Article 3
- Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
- Identify a dependent variable and an independent variable in each article.
- Identify the level of measurement of each.
- Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic in each article.
- This article has PRE measures that you may not be familiar with. Nevertheless they are used in conjunction with chi-square and are interpreted the same way as other PRE measures. What similarities do you find in the way they are interpreted compared to how PRE measures are interpreted in the text?