Glossary
- Alternative hypothesis (H1)
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The opposite of the null hypothesis (H0).
- Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
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A statistical method that tests the effect of different factors on a variable of interest.
- Bar chart
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A chart containing rectangles (“bars”) in which the length of each bar represents the count, amount, or percentage of responses in each category.
- Binomial distribution
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A distribution that finds the probability of a given number of successes for a given probability of success and sample size.
- Box-and-whisker plot
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Also known as a boxplot; a graphical representation of the five-number summary that consists of the smallest value, the first quartile (or 25th percentile), the median, the third quartile (or 75th percentile), and the ...
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