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Statistical Significance: A Misunderstood Concept.

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Markel, William D. – School Science and Mathematics, 1985

The concept of statistical significance is explained, with specific numerical illustrations. (MNS)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Mathematical Concepts, Probability, Research Methodology

Statistics for Policymakers or Everything You Wanted To Know about Statistics but Thought You Could Never Understand. Working Paper Series.

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Ahmed, Susan – 1997

This working paper contains the overheads used in a seminar designed to introduce some basic concepts of statistics to nonstatisticians. The seminar has been presented on several occasions. The first part of the seminar, and the first set of overheads, deals with the essentials of statistics, including: (1) population, sample, and inference; (2)…

Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Mathematical Models