Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of SOPs/StatisticalSteps

Timestamp:

07/01/20 09:18:45 (5 years ago)

Author:

gbell

Comment:

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SOPs/StatisticalSteps

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 - '''Organize the data'''
 1. Is the data in a format that can be used by the statistical software?  R, for example, has a concept of "wide" and "long" data formats.
-1. Does it make sense to scale, normalize, or transform (such as with logs) the data?
+1. Does it make sense to scale, normalize, or transform (such as with logs) the data?  This is generally recommended to make the data more amenable to the assumptions (requirements) of the statistical test.
 
 - '''Perform the statistical test(s)'''
@@ -64 +64 @@
 - ''' Report the results and the detailed methods'''
 1. What figure(s) best displays the data and summarizes the analysis?  Unless there are lots of data points (> 10 or 100, for example), display them all (perhaps along with summary metrics).
-1. Describe and/or show the effect size or another measure of the magnitude of an effect/change (and not just the p-value).
+1. Describe and/or show the confidence interval, the effect size, and/or another measure of the magnitude of an effect/change (and not just the p-value).
 1. What can be concluded from the analysis?  How generally does this apply?
 1. How many significant figures should be reported?