What is meant by statistic
characteristic of a sample
What is meant by a parameter
characteristic of a population
How do you calculate variance
sum of (each value - mean)2 all divided by n - 1
How do you calculate standard deviation
square root of the variance
How do you calculate SEM
standard deviation divided by root n
How do you calculate 95%CI
CI = mean +/- 1.96 multiplied by SEM
What is meant by t-testing
if testing for a difference in both directions use a two-tailed test, and if the data are not paired, compare the variance to decide whether to use an equal or unequal variance test