Statistical Tests: 19 page Workbook

Statistical tests:** 19 page booklet**, year 2 research methods

I produced this workbook to use with my students to provide
many opportunities for them to practise the required skills for statistical testing, in a clear and structured way. I use this as I teach the topic but it would also work well as a revision booklet once you have taught the topic.

For each of the statistical tests, the booklet provides students with the opportunity to recap ‘factors’ but also many example to work through and determine if a set of results are significant.

These activities are structured in a way to prepare students to answer the exam questions effectively (ensuring they compare values correctly and provide additional information required in mark schemes such as if it was a one tailed or two tailed test and the value of N).

I have found this booklet to be very effective in my lessons and have developed it over a few years - adding to it.

Answer booklet also provided for all activities.

The work book includes:

1.Introduction to statistical testing: Questions including significance levels.

1. Choosing a statistical test: gap fill and levels of measurement matching activity and identify the level of measurement activity

2. The rule of R activity - working out for which tests the calculated value needs to be equal to or more - or equal to or less - than the critical value.

3. The sign test activities including a step by step example for students to have a go at.

4. Wilcoxon: factors and are the results significant activities.

5. Mann-Whitney: factors and are the results significant activities.

6. The related t-test: factors and are the results significant activities.

7. The unrelated t-test: factors and are the results significant activities.

8. Pearson’s: factors and are the results significant activities.

9. Spearman’s Rho: factors and are the results significant activities.

10. Chi-squared: factors and are the results significant activities.

11. Which statistical test activities - 7 scenarios for students to work through and identify the correct statistical test and then work out if the results are significant.

12. Type 1 and Type 2: 2 exam style questions.