Statistics in Research
Statistics in Research
Statistics in Research
(RESEARCH-BASED)
ZENAIDA ULPINDO-GARAMBAS
MARCH 3, 2018
STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS
• A STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS IS A CLAIM OR ASSERTION
MADE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF A POPULATION OR
CONCERNING THE VALUES OF ONE OR MORE POPULATION
PARAMETERS.
• THE STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS MAY EITHER BE ACCEPTED
(TRUE) OR REJECTED (FALSE).
• HYPOTHESIS TESTING IS A STATISTICAL PROCEDURE
USING SAMPLE DATA TO ASSESS OR DETERMINE WHICH
HYPOTHESIS IS MORE ACCEPTABLE AS TRUE OR WHICH
HYPOTHESIS IS MORE LIKELY TO BE TRUE; IT IS AN
EVALUATION OF A PARAMETER VALUE.
EXAMPLES OF HYPOTHESES THAT CAN
BE TESTED:
• 1. THE MEAN MONTHLY SALARY OF TEACHERS IS
PHP26,000.00
• 2. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE RURAL AREAS IS MORE
THAN 35%.
• 3. THE NEW TYPE OF TIRE MANUFACTURED BY WEA
COMPANY HAS A SHORTER SKID DISTANCE.
• 4. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
MEAN DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURES OF VEGETARIANS
AND NON-VEGETARIANS.
Null • Statement being tested
• Claim that there is no difference in
hypothesis, the population parameter and the
hypothesized value
Ho
5. I do my best to understand
the course material taught 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
6. I try to supplement the
lessons learned by
researching/reading other
references 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
Some-
Almost Always Rarely Almost
Often (4) times WM DE
(5) (2) Never (1)
(3)
12 15 6 2 0 4.06 O
7 8 7 8 5
15 9 7 3 1
6 12 10 5 2
5 5 10 8 7
5 5 12 10 3
5 6 8 10 6
3 5 10 4 13
7 12 10 5 1
3 4 9 9 10
STEPS IN USING MICROSOFT
EXCEL FOR T-TEST
• ENCODE THE DATA IN EXCEL WORKSHEET.
• IN THE DATA ANALYSIS MENU, CHOOSE T-TEST:
TWO-SAMPLE ASSUMING EQUAL VARIANCES.
CLICK OK.
• EXAMPLE
• A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS
EXPOSED TO TWO DIFFERENT TEACHING
METHODS AND THE STUDENTS’ RATINGS IN THE
TESTS WERE OBTAINED AS FOLLOWS:
< 30 11 9 5 13 8 4 2 4 11 10
31- 50 10 8 12 7 7 5 13 9 8 11
>50 7 5 4 6 2 10 4 6 1 3
•ONE EXAMPLE OF A NON-
PARAMETRIC TEST:
CHI-SQUARE TEST
•CHI-SQUARED TEST
•CHI-SQUARE – 2
•FORMULA:
O E
• =
2
2
E
CHI-SQUARE
• CHI-SQUARE IS USED AS A TEST OF SIGNIFICANCE
WHEN WE HAVE FREQUENCY DATA OR WHEN THE DATA
ARE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES OR PROPORTIONS AND
THAT CAN BE REDUCED TO FREQUENCIES. MANY OF THE
APPLICATIONS OF CHI-SQUARE ARE WITH DISCRETE DATA;
HOWEVER, ANY CONTINUOUS DATA MAY BE REDUCED TO
CATEGORIES AND THE DATA SO TABULATED IN TERMS OF
FREQUENCIES SO THAT CHI-SQUARE MAY BE APPLIED. THE
TABLE USED FOR CLASSIFYING DATA INTO SEVERAL
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE CATEGORIES AND THE CELL ENTRIES
ARE FREQUENCIES IS CALLED A CONTINGENCY TABLE.
• THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLIE THE USE OF CHI-
SQUARE:
THE DATA MUST BE INDEPENDENT, THAT IS, NO RESPONSE IS
RELATED TO ANY OTHER RESPONSE; ONLY ONE MEASUREMENT
IS TAKEN FOR EACH SUBJECT. A FREQUENCY MAY BE PLACED IN
ONE AND ONLY ONE CATEGORY.
THE SAMPLE SIZE MUST BE LARGE ENOUGH. WHEN THE NUMBER
OF ROWS OR THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS IS MORE THAN 2,
THAT IS, DEGREES OF FREEDOM DF > 1, THE CHI-SQUARE TEST
MAY BE USED IF FEWER THAN 20% OF THE CELLS HAVE
EXPECTED FREQUENCIES THAT ARE LESS THAN 5 AND IF NO CELL
HAS AN EXPECTED FREQUENCY THAT IS LESS THAN 1. FOR
EXPECTED FREQUENCIES LESS THAN 5, THE FISHER-IRWIN EXACT
TEST SHOULD BE USED. IT IS SUGGESTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
INVESTIGATOR
CHI-SQUARE TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE
• TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN
TWO VARIABLES UNDER SOME CLASSIFICATION OR
CATEGORIES; OR IF ONE VARIABLE IS INDEPENDENT OF
THE OTHER
• EXAMPLE
Willingness to use Leadership Roles
computerized Transform-
system Autocratic Participative ational Total
Yes 150 170 30 350
No 30 30 90 150
Total 180 200 120 500
• WE WISH TO TEST THE INDEPENDENCE OF
SECTOR TYPE AND OPINION OF
RANDOMLY SELECTED RESIDENTS ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF K TO 12. TEST USING
A SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL OF 0.05.
Attitude of the residents
Sector type In favor Opposed No
opinion
Gov’t
23 18 3
employees
Parents 17 25 10
Private
18 27 9
sector
College
25 30 5
students
Business
15 20 15
sector
• REFERENCES:
• STATISTICS (RESEARCH-BASED)
BY: ZENAIDA GARAMBAS
• BASIC PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
BY: ZENAIDA GARAMBAS
FOR K INDEPENDENT
SAMPLES
• KRUSKAL WALLIS H-TEST
(COUNTERPART OF ONE-WAY ANOVA)
• FRIEDMAN TEST (COUNTERPART OF
TWO-WAY ANOVA)
WORKSHOP