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Peer reviewedKnapp, Thomas R.; Tam, Hak P. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1997
Examines potential problems in the use of inferential statistics for single population proportions, differences between two population proportions, and quotients of two population proportions. Discusses hypothesis testing versus interval estimation. Emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate formula for the standard error and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Error of Measurement, Hypothesis Testing, Ratios (Mathematics)
