Basic Statistics Formula Sheet
Basic Statistics Formula Sheet
This document is only intended to review basic concepts/formulas from an introduction to statistics course. Only mean-based procedures are reviewed, and emphasis is placed on a simplistic understanding is placed on when to use any method. After reviewing and understanding this document, one should then learn about more complex procedures and methods in statistics. However, keep in mind the assumptions behind certain procedures, and know that statistical procedures are sometimes exible to data that do not necessarily match the assumptions.
Descriptive Statistics
Elementary Descriptives (Univariate & Bivariate)
Name Mean Variance Standard Dev Covariance Correlation Population Symbol
2 x
Sample Calculation x = s2 x = sx =
x N (xx )2 N 1
Main Problems Sensitive to outliers Sensitive to outliers Biased Outliers, uninterpretable units Range restriction, outliers, nonlinearity Doesnt make distribution normal
x xy xy
2 sx
(xx )(y y ) N 1 sxy sx sy (zx zy ) N 1
z-score
zx
zx
zx =
xx ; sx
z = 0; s2 z = 1
=b
sx sy
Predicted change in zy for unit change in zx Predicted zy for zx = 0 is 0 Variance in y accounted for by regression line
Inferential Statistics
t-tests (Categorical IV (1 or 2 Groups); Quantitative DV)
Test One Sample Paired Samples Independent Samples Correlation Regression (FYI) Statistic x D x 1 x 2 r a&b Parameter D 1 2 =0 & e = Standard Deviation sx = sD = sp =
(xx )2 N 1 )2 (D D ND 1
Standard Error
sx N sD
df N 1 ND 1
ND
D D 0 s D
ND
sp
1 n1
1 n2
n1 + n2 2 N 2 N 2
( x1 x 2 )(1 2 )0 sp r
1r 2 N 2 1 n1 1 +n 2
NA
(y y )2 N 2
NA sa & sb
a0 sa
& tobt =
b0 sb
t-tests Hypotheses/Rejection
Question Greater Than? One Sample H0 : # H1 : > # Less Than? H0 : # H1 : < # Not Equal To? H0 : = # H1 : = # Paired Sample H0 : D # H1 : D > # H0 : D # H1 : D < # H0 : D = # H1 : D = # Independent Sample H 0 : 1 2 # H 1 : 1 2 > # H 0 : 1 2 # H 1 : 1 2 < # H 0 : 1 2 = # H 1 : 1 2 = # When to Reject Extreme positive numbers tobt > tcrit (one-tailed) Extreme negative numbers tobt < tcrit (one-tailed) Extreme numbers (negative and positive) |tobt | > |tcrit | (two-tailed)
t-tests Miscellaneous
Test One Sample Paired Samples Independent Samples Condence Interval: % = (1 )% x tN 1; crit(2-tailed)
sx N
sD tN 1; crit(2-tailed) D D
ND 1 n1
= d = d
1 n2
x 1 x 2
x 1 x 2 sp
df g1 N g N 1
F -stat M SB/M SW
Eect Size 2 =
SSB SST
nj ( xj x G )2 1)s2 j x G )2
1. We perform ANOVA because of family-wise error -- the probability of rejecting at least one true H0 during multiple tests. 2. G is grand mean or average of all scores ignoring group membership. 3. x j is the mean of group j ; nj is number of people in group j ; g is the number of groups; N is the total number of people.
Expected N pj p k
df (Cols - 1)(Rows - 1)
2 Stat
R i=1 (fO ij fE ij ) C j =1 fE ij
2
Regression
1. Relationship is linear 2. Bivariate normality 3. Homoskedasticity (constant error variance) 4. Independence of pairs of observations
One-Way ANOVA
1. Each group is normally distributed in the population 2. Homogeneity of variance 3. Independence of observations within and between groups
Chi Square (2 )
1. No small expected frequencies Total number of observations at least 20 Expected number in any cell at least 5 2. Independence of observations Each individual is only in ONE cell of the table
Possible Decisions/Outcomes
H0 True H0 False Given a population distribution with a mean and a variance 2 , the sampling distribution of the mean using sample size N (or, to put it another way, the distribution Rejecting H0 Type I Error () Correct Decision (1 ; Power) 2 2 of sample means) will have a mean of x = and a variance equal to x = N , Not Rejecting H0 Correct Decision (1 ) Type II Error ( ) which implies that x = N . Furthermore, the distribution will approach the normal 2 distribution as N , the sample size, increases. Power Increases If: N , , , Mean Dierence , or One-Tailed Test