SCI110 tutorials
Preface
Answers to questions
Statistical software
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How this book was made
Learning Outcomes
How to cite this book
I Tutorials
1
Teaching Week 1: tutorial
1.1
Quick revision
1.2
Research process
1.3
Forming RQs
1.4
Understanding the terminology
1.5
Understanding the terminology
1.6
Creating research questions and studies
1.7
Identifying units of analysis and units of observation
1.8
Optional
: Identifying different types of studies
1.9
Optional
: Terminology
1.10
Optional
: Identifying poor RQs
1.11
Optional
: Understanding the terminology
1.12
Optional
: Units of analysis, and units of observation
1.13
Optional
: Units of analysis, and units of observation
2
Teaching Week 2: tutorial
2.1
Quick revision
2.2
Language
2.3
Assessing reports
2.4
Planning a research study
2.5
Study design features
2.6
Optional
: Sampling
2.7
Optional
: Understanding terminology
2.8
Optional
: Understanding studies
2.9
Optional
: Random allocation
2.10
Optional
: Evaluating reports
2.11
Optional
: Designing and planning studies
3
Teaching Week 3: tutorial
3.1
Quick revision
3.2
Understanding histograms
3.3
Identifying appropriate graphs
3.4
Interpreting graphs
3.5
Critiquing students' graphs
3.6
Collecting data
3.7
Optional
: Understanding graphs
3.8
Optional
: Selecting graphics
3.9
Optional
: Evaluating graphics
3.10
Optional
: Evaluating graphics
3.11
Optional
: Understanding graphics
3.12
Optional
: Selecting graphs
4
Teaching Week 4: tutorial
4.1
Quick revision
4.2
Understanding histograms and boxplots
4.3
Using the calculator statistics mode
4.4
Understanding variation
4.5
Critiquing students' numerical summaries
4.6
Numerical summary for ruler-drop data
4.7
Optional
: Using the calculator statistics mode
4.8
Optional
: Interpreting histograms
4.9
Optional
: Interpreting and drawing boxplots
4.10
Optional
: Selecting the correct graph
4.11
Drills
: computational exercises
5
Teaching Week 5: tutorial
5.1
Quick revision
5.2
Percentages and odds
5.3
Which summary measures to use
5.4
Two-way tables
5.5
Probability
5.6
The decision-making process
5.7
Odds
5.8
Optional
: Working with odds
5.9
Optional
: Odds ratios
5.10
Optional
: Percentages
5.11
Drills
: Computational exercises
6
Teaching Week 6: tutorial
6.1
Quick revision
6.2
Normal distributions and IQs
6.3
Normal distributions and heights
6.4
Standard error for proportions
6.5
Confidence intervals for one proportion
6.6
Optional
: Working with normal distributions
6.7
Optional
: Confidence intervals for one proportion
6.8
Drills
: Computational exercises
7
Teaching Week 7: tutorial
7.1
Quick revision
7.2
Concepts
7.3
CIs for one mean
7.4
CIs for mean differences (paired data)
7.5
CI for the ruler-drop
7.6
Optional
: CI for one mean
7.7
Optional
: Sample size calculations
7.8
Optional
: Understanding the language of research and statistics
7.9
Optional
: CI for mean differences (paired data)
7.10
Optional
: CI for mean differences (paired data)
8
Teaching Week 8: tutorial
9
Teaching Week 9: tutorial
9.1
Quick revision
9.2
CIs for difference between two independent samples
9.3
Odds and software output
9.4
Hypothesis tests for one mean
9.5
Optional
: Tests for one mean
9.6
Optional
: CI for differences between means
9.7
Optional
: General ideas
9.8
Optional
: Odds and odds ratio
10
Teaching Week 10: tutorial
10.1
Quick revision
10.2
Hypothesis tests for two means
10.3
\(P\)
-values
10.4
Tests for paired samples
10.5
Matching RQs and hypotheses
10.6
Tests for ORs
10.7
Hypothesis test for the ruler-drop
10.8
Optional
:
\(P\)
-values
10.9
Optional
: Two-way tables
10.10
Optional
: Identify the correct analyses
10.11
Optional
: Comparing two independent means
10.12
Optional
: Assumptions
10.13
Optional
: Tests for comparing the mean from two independent samples
10.14
Optional
: Tests for ORs
10.15
Optional
: Tests for ORs
10.16
Optional
: Tests for paired samples
11
Teaching Week 11: Tutorial
11.1
Quick revision
11.2
Understanding correlations and regression
11.3
Interpreting regressions
11.4
Regression and correlation
11.5
Optional
: Identifying the correct analysis
11.6
Optional
: Reading scatterplots
12
Teaching Week 12: Tutorial
12.1
Confidence intervals
12.2
Critiquing past students' reports 1
12.3
Critiquing past students' reports 2
12.4
Critiquing past students' reports 3
12.5
Critiquing past students' reports 4
12.6
Optional
: Deciding which test to use
12.7
Optional
: Reading research articles
12.8
Optional
: Reading research articles
Appendices
A
Answers to exercises
A.1
Answers to Teaching Week 1 tutorial
A.1.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(TerminologyLead)
A.1.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(Units2)
A.1.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(Units3)
A.2
Answers to Teaching Week 2 tutorial
A.2.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(SamplingParking)
A.2.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(UnderstandTerminologyStudies)
A.2.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(UnderstandFishoil)
A.2.4
Answer to Sect. @ref(RandomAllocation)
A.2.5
Answer to Sect. @ref(EvaluatingReportsSugar)
A.2.6
Answers to Sect. @ref(DesignTrees)
A.3
Answers to Teaching Week 3 tutorial
A.3.1
Answer to Sect. @ref(HistogramBars)
A.3.2
Answer to Sect. @ref(SelectingGraphsH5P)
A.3.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(EvaluateGraphsAnts)
A.3.4
Answers to Sect. @ref(EvaluateGraphs1)
A.3.5
Answer to Sect. @ref(UnderstandGraphsPizza)
A.3.6
Answer to Sect. @ref(SelectGraph1)
A.4
Answers to Teaching Week 4 tutorial
A.4.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(CalculatorBatteries)
A.4.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(InterpretHistogram)
A.4.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(DrawBoxplot)
A.4.4
Answers to Sect. @ref(DrawBoxplot)
A.4.5
Answers to Sect. @ref(SelectGraphs1)
A.4.6
Answers to Sect. @ref(Chapter4Drills)
A.5
Answers to Teaching Week 5 tutorial
A.5.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(WorkingWithOdds)
A.5.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(OddsRatioSMND)
A.5.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(PercentagesOdour)
A.5.4
Answer to Sect. @ref(Chapter5Drills)
A.6
Answers to Teaching Week 6 tutorial
A.6.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(NormalSOI)
A.6.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(HMMaturing)
A.6.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(Chapter6Drills)
A.7
Answers to Teaching Week 7 tutorial
A.7.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(RoomWidthCI)
A.7.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(RoomWidthCISampleSize)
A.7.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(LanguageOfSStats)
A.7.4
Answers to Sect. @ref(CIPairedWaves)
A.7.5
Answers to Sect. @ref(CIPairedRunners)
A.8
Answers to Teaching Week 8 tutorial
A.9
Answers to Teaching Week 9 tutorial
A.9.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(RoomWidthTest)
A.9.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(PizzaHT).
A.9.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(GeneralIdeas2)
A.9.4
Answers to Sect. @ref(OddsGMfood)
A.10
Answers to Teaching Week 10 tutorial
A.10.1
Answers for Sect. @ref(PvalueStatement)
A.10.2
Answers for Sect. @ref(TablesHepC)
A.10.3
Answers to Sect. @ref(IdentifyCorrectAnalyses)
A.10.4
Answer for Sect. @ref(TwoMeansHurricanes)
A.10.5
Answer to Sect. @ref(AssumptionsGraphs)
A.10.6
Answers for Sect. @ref(TwoMeansBatteriesHT)
A.10.7
Answers to Sect. @ref(ORTestsByss)
A.10.8
Answers to Sect. @ref(ORAirways)
A.10.9
Answers to Sect. @ref(PairedTestRunners)
A.11
Answers to Teaching Week 11 tutorial
A.11.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(IdentifyCorrectAnalysisAgain).
A.11.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(ReadScatterplotHeathers)
A.12
Answers to Teaching Week 12 tutorial
A.12.1
Answers to Sect. @ref(WhatTestToUse)
A.12.2
Answers to Sect. @ref(ReadDesks)
A.12.3
Answer to Sect. @ref(ReadErrors)
B
Appendix: Tables
B.1
Random numbers
B.2
When the
\(z\)
-score is known, and the area is sought
B.3
When the area is known, and the
\(z\)
-score is sought
C
Appendix: Data sets
D
Appendix: Image credits
E
Thoughts for teaching
References
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Science Research Methods: Tutorials
6.4
Standard error for proportions