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    This document provides a list of important vocabulary terms for introductory research and statistics. It is organized into categories including terms that must be known, are used often, and are good to know. Some key terms include level of measurement, independent and dependent variables, descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation, charts/graphs, measures of central tendency and variation, hypothesis testing, and probability.

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    This document provides a list of important vocabulary terms for introductory research and statistics. It is organized into categories including terms that must be known, are used often, and are good to know. Some key terms include level of measurement, independent and dependent variables, descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation, charts/graphs, measures of central tendency and variation, hypothesis testing, and probability.

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    Vocabulary for Intro to Research & Statistics

    Must Know Must Know for Analysis Used Often Good to Know
    Measurement Unit [of measurement] Level of Measurement Factor (Variable)
    Numeric | Quantitative Ordinal & Nominal Dichotomous / Binary Interval / Ratio / Scale
    Categorical | Qualitative Levels | Categories Composite / Index Variable Discrete & Continuous
    Construct & Concept Operational Definition / Scale & Scale items Reliability & Validity
    Statistics, Descriptive Univariate & Bivariate Point & Interval Estimates Cumulative Frequency
    Frequency & Multivariate Confidence Interval Cumulative Percent
    Relative Frequency High & Low | Max & Min Margin of Error Ratio / Odds-Ratio
    / Proportion / Percentage Mean & Median & Mode Residuals & Fitted values Central Tendency/ Center
    Distribution | Shape Standard Deviation Outliers & Skew[ness] Probability Distribution
    Variation | Variance Symmetric | Symmetry Normal Distribution Standard Normal Distribution
    | Spread | Dispersion Percentile / Quartile Z-Score / Location Standardized Values
    Data Table | Dataset Unit of Analysis Syntax | Code Merge
    Variable = Columns Valid & Missing Data Numeric / Integer Type Aggregate
    Observation | Case = Rows Variable & Value Labels String | Character Type Dummy Code
    Value = Cells Code / Coded & Recode Codebook Weight | Weighting
    Relationship Independent Variable (IV) Effect & Effect Size Interaction
    Causation | Causality Dependent Variable (DV) Predictor & Response Treatment & Outcome
    Sample Random | Probability Sample Independent Samples Generalization
    Population Representative Sample Paired | Dependent Samples Sampling Error
    Inferential Statistics Statistic & Parameter Sampling Distribution Standard Error (s.e., SE)
    Statistical Analysis [Statistically] Significant Null Hypothesis (H0) Critical Value
    Correlation p-value Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) Type I & Type II Errors
    Cross-tabulation Test statistic alpha (α) | Significance Level 1- & 2-Tailed Tests
    Chart |Graph, Bar Scatterplot Line Graph Pivot Table
    Histogram Contingency (2-way) Table Box [& whisker] plot Ogive
    *Notation* x/y = Indep./Dep. Variable ŷ ‘y hat’ = Predicted value of y xi/yi = Each or any value of x/y
    n/N = Sample/Population Size 𝑥̅ /𝑦̅ ‘x/y bar’ = Mean of x/y μ ‘mu’ = Population Mean p /  = Sample/Pop. Proportion
    ∑ = Sum for each value s/sd = Sample Standard Dev. σ ‘sigma’ = Population Std. Dev.
    | = near synonyms / = related or similar & = often used together

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