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Normal Distribution
The normal distribution (sometimes referred to as the Gaussian distribution) has been applied to problems in the social sciences many times. Many continuous random variables can be modeled as a normal PROBABILITY distribution whose density function ...
- Analysis of Variance
- Association and Correlation
- Association
- Association Model
- Asymmetric Measures
- Biserial Correlation
- Canonical Correlation Analysis
- Correlation
- Correspondence Analysis
- Intraclass Correlation
- Multiple Correlation
- Part Correlation
- Partial Correlation
- Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
- Semipartial Correlation
- Simple Correlation (Regression)
- Spearman Correlation Coefficient
- Strength of Association
- Symmetric Measures
- Basic Qualitative Research
- Basic Statistics
- F Ratio
- N(n)
- t-Test
- X¯
- Y Variable
- z-Test
- Alternative Hypothesis
- Average
- Bar Graph
- Bell-Shaped Curve
- Bimodal
- Case
- Causal Modeling
- Cell
- Covariance
- Cumulative Frequency Polygon
- Data
- Dependent Variable
- Dispersion
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Frequency Distribution
- Histogram
- Hypothesis
- Independent Variable
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Median
- Null Hypothesis
- Pie Chart
- Regression
- Standard Deviation
- Statistic
- Causal Modeling
- DISCOURSE/CONVERSATION ANALYSIS
- Econometrics
- Epistemology
- Ethnography
- Evaluation
- Event History Analysis
- Experimental Design
- Factor Analysis and Related Techniques
- Feminist Methodology
- Generalized Linear Models
- HISTORICAL/COMPARATIVE
- Interviewing in Qualitative Research
- Latent Variable Model
- LIFE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
- LOG-LINEAR MODELS (CATEGORICAL DEPENDENT VARIABLES)
- Longitudinal Analysis
- Mathematics and Formal Models
- Measurement Level
- Measurement Testing and Classification
- Multilevel Analysis
- Multiple Regression
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Sampling in Qualitative Research
- Sampling in Surveys
- Scaling
- Significance Testing
- Simple Regression
- Survey Design
- Time Series
- ARIMA
- Box-Jenkins Modeling
- Cointegration
- Detrending
- Durbin-Watson Statistic
- Error Correction Models
- Forecasting
- Granger Causality
- Interrupted Time-Series Design
- Intervention Analysis
- Lag Structure
- Moving Average
- Periodicity
- Serial Correlation
- Spectral Analysis
- Time-Series Cross-Section (TSCS) Models
- Time-Series Data (Analysis/Design)
- Trend Analysis
