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Title

Validity Quiz

Description

Friday's Exam

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Subject

Sociology

Level

Graduate

Created

09/24/2013

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Term

An insufficiently powered experiment may incorrectly conclude that the relationship between treatment and outcome is not significant.

Definition

Low Statistical Power

Conclusion

Term

Violations of statistical test assumptions can lead to either overestimating or underestimating the size and significance of an effect.

Definition

Violated Assumptions of Statistical Tests

Conclusion

Term

Fishing and Error Rate Problem

Definition

Repeated tests for significant relationships, if uncorrected for the number of tests, can artifactually inflate statistical significance.