Week 7: Inferential statistics II - Testing difference
Key concepts
- Estimating population proportions (Meier et al., 2014)
- Testing difference of means (Meier et al., 2014)
- Contingency tables and Chi-Square test of independence (Statistics Online Support, UT Austin, 2015)
Before class
Required readings
- Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L., & Bohte, J. (2014). Estimating Population Proportions. In Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration.
- Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L., & Bohte, J. (2014). Testing the Difference between Two Groups. In Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration.
- Contingency tables and Chi-Square test of independence: Statistics Online Support, UT Austin. (2015). Chi-Square Test of Independence. https://sites.utexas.edu/sos/guided/inferential/categorical/chi2/.
In class
- Lecture on key concepts (1.5h)
- In class practice (1h):
- Paper practice
- In-class practice
- Assignment catch-up:
- Qualitative group paper weekly update (15 min).
- Quantitative Test (15 min).