~~ STATISTICS  TALK ~~

 TALKING THE TALK OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Or, the LEAST you should know about reading/using statistical research

 updated for S'19

page last updated  3/10/19 -

 "Statistics Talk"  is one of the activities that will accompany the in-class explorations of the chapters on using statistics in research (additional activities include: "Testing Maslow" ). The assignments below are designed to help you become more knowledgeable consumers of statistical research.  {If you are doing statistical analysis of your findings for your senior seminar project, you will need MUCH more depth than simply knowing some key terminology & you may want to utilize additional campus resources.}

Most of these terms below were selected because they are commonly encountered in scholarly articles & research reports (& sometimes news articles!) If your name is listed next to a term,  you are the designated "go-to" person throughout the sessions on statistics.  You might be called on by the Chapter Discussion leaders or by the Professor.  Be prepared to :

(1) give a my-own-words definition,      

      and

(2) offer a my-own-example instance of the term-- preferably something you have seen in your scholarly reading, but you can also use a hypothetical example

 Needless to say, you can refer the text's glossary but--as a go-to-person--a more concrete, clear language, pragmatic (i.e. grounded) understanding is desirable.

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