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Dakota Math Results Coming In: Following my own advice

I tell clients on our statistical consulting side all of the time that if your conclusion is only valid if you look at this specific subset of your sample, with this particular statistical technique. You need to look for a convergence or results. Does the mean score increase? Does the proportion of people passing a…

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How to write a statistical analysis paper: Step Three

So far, we have looked at How to get the sample demographics and descriptive statistics for your dependent and independent variable. Computing descriptive statistics by category  Now it’s time to dive into step 3, computing inferential statistics. The code is quite simple. We need a LIBNAME statement. It will look something like this. The exact…

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How do I write a statistical analysis paper: Step two

In the last post, I posed the following null hypothesis as an example: There is no difference in obesity among Caucasians, African-Americans and Latinos. You can see the results from the statistical analyses here. Since my question only pertains to those three groups, let’s begin by creating a data set with just those subjects. libname…