Elaboration is a statistical analysis process that is used to learn more information about the relationship between two variables (Frankfort-Nachmias & Leon-Guerrero, 2015). Elaboration requires that one introduces control variables in order to control for the new, control variable’s effects on the two variables that are being studied (Frankfort-Nachmias &...

The process of data analysis is critical in drawing valid observations from collected data. Data analysis is a major step in any research as it is the process through which, one can draw valid observation from collected data. During the class, I learnt that it is only through data analysis...

While statistics may appear to some people as a mere nuisance of a subject that bears no resemblance to the real life, it actually has a lot of real-world applications and surrounds us on a daily basis. Therefore, it is important to at least understand the basics so that we...

An independent variable is the variable that the experimenter manipulates in a formal experiment. An independent variable does not change when another variable changes. For example, an independent variable in an experiment could be a subject’s age. Other factors such as how much food the subject consume, how much they...

When asked the question about the coin toss, I chose answer A. Not because I knew the answer, but because I had to pick one. I figured that answer B being equal was not the answer. It would have been too easy. I thought the answer was not C because...