LibGuides: EDR-8201 v5: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Resources

Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 1 of 2
Lloyd, C. (2021, July 6). Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 1 of 2 [Video]. Kaltura.
Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 2 of 2
Lloyd, C. (2021, July 6). Stats I Week 4 Assignment Part 2 of 2 [Video]. Kaltura.

These two videos present a walkthrough (including SPSS tutorials) for your weekly assignment.

Academic Success Center (ASC). (2020). Statistics resources. National University.
This LibGuide includes all of the statistics resources curated by NU's Academic Success Center. Use the headings on the left side of this ASC page to navigate to your particular area of need.
Measures of central tendency
Carman, C. (2012). Measures of central tendency. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design (pp. 138-142). SAGE.
Measures of central tendency are used to determine the middle area of a group of numbers. This section will describe the measures in order of importance and when to use each one of them.
Standardized scores
Richard, D. M. (2022). Standardized scores. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1603-1605). SAGE.
Areas under the normal curve
Galyardt, A. (2018). Areas under the normal curve. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 120-121). SAGE.
This section describes the areas related to the normal distribution. It also discusses the relationship between probability and the areas under the normal curve.
Z- and T-Tests
Kulas, J. T., Roji, R., & Smith, A. M. (2021). Z- and T-Tests. In IBM SPSS essentials (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Chapter 9 of the textbook explains z-tests and standard error.
Normal distribution.
Nicol, A. A. M. (2022). Normal distribution. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1088-1091). SAGE..

Supplemental Resources

Academic Success Center (ASC). (2020). Statistics resources. National University.
This LibGuide includes all of the statistics resources curated by NU's Academic Success Center. Use the headings on the left side of this ASC page to navigate to your particular area of need.
Presenting Statistics in Text
This page from the ASC offers support on how to use appropriately the different elements of statistics within text that you write.