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Reaserch Methods 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 1
05/30/2012

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Central Limit Theorem (CLT)
Definition
All averages of many samples will lead to a bell shaped curve. Taking samples of a parent population and plotting the frequency distribution of sample means.
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Sampling Distribution

 

 

 

Definition
Theoretical distributions that describe the relationship between population samples. Provides the information necessary for making inferences. Provides the information to predict where a sample is located in the population.
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Standard normal disributions
Definition
Bell shaped curve. Unseful to analyze models with normal distribution, unimodal and roughly symetric shapes.
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z-score
Definition
Standerdized value measuring how far away from the mean a certain value is using standerd deviation as a ruler. A value that is 1.5 sd above the mean will have a z-score of 1.5.
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68, 95, 99.7% rule
Definition

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

68% of the samples lie 1sd away from the mean

95% lie 2sd away from the mean

99.7% lie 3sd away from the mean

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Contingency Table
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Explanatory variable (ex gender) as row variable, resopnse varible (alcohol consumtion as colum variable.
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Conditional percentages
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