Karen Grace-Martin

Member Training: Probability Rules and Applications

February 2nd, 2015 by

Do you remember all those probability rules you learned (or didn’t) in intro stats? You know, things like the P(A|B)?While you may have thought that these rules were only about balls and urns (who pulls balls from urns anyway?), it’s actually not true.

It turns out that having a good understanding of these rules (as well as actually remembering them) does come in handy when you’re doing data analysis.

There are so many situations and methods in statistics that draw directly from those rules. Everything from p-values to logistic regression to maximum likelihood estimation are all direct applications of these rules. In this webinar, we’re going to review those rules, with examples of when they come up in statistical methods that you use and are learning.


Note: This training is an exclusive benefit to members of the Statistically Speaking Membership Program and part of the Stat’s Amore Trainings Series. Each Stat’s Amore Training is approximately 90 minutes long.

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About the Instructor

Karen Grace-Martin helps statistics practitioners gain an intuitive understanding of how statistics is applied to real data in research studies.

She has guided and trained researchers through their statistical analysis for over 15 years as a statistical consultant at Cornell University and through The Analysis Factor. She has master’s degrees in both applied statistics and social psychology and is an expert in SPSS and SAS.

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You'll get access to this training webinar, 130+ other stats trainings, a pathway to work through the trainings that you need — plus the expert guidance you need to build statistical skill with live Q&A sessions and an ask-a-mentor forum.

 


Member Training: ANCOVA (Analysis of Covariance)

January 1st, 2015 by

Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) is a type of linear model that combines the best abilities of linear regression with the best of Analysis of Variance.Stage 2

It allows you to test differences in group means and interactions, just like ANOVA, while covarying out the effect of a continuous covariate.

Through examples and graphs, we’ll talk about what it really means to covary out the effect of a continuous variable and how to interpret results.

Primary to the discussion will be when ANCOVA is and is not appropriate and how correlations and interactions between the covariate and the independent variables affect interpretation.


Note: This training is an exclusive benefit to members of the Statistically Speaking Membership Program and part of the Stat’s Amore Trainings Series. Each Stat’s Amore Training is approximately 90 minutes long.

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About the Instructor

Karen Grace-Martin helps statistics practitioners gain an intuitive understanding of how statistics is applied to real data in research studies.

She has guided and trained researchers through their statistical analysis for over 15 years as a statistical consultant at Cornell University and through The Analysis Factor. She has master’s degrees in both applied statistics and social psychology and is an expert in SPSS and SAS.

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It’s never too early to set yourself up for successful analysis with support and training from expert statisticians.

Just head over and sign up for Statistically Speaking.

You'll get access to this training webinar, 130+ other stats trainings, a pathway to work through the trainings that you need — plus the expert guidance you need to build statistical skill with live Q&A sessions and an ask-a-mentor forum.


The Difference Between a Chi-Square Test and a McNemar Test

November 7th, 2014 by

You may have heard of McNemar tests as a repeated measures version of a chi-square test of independence. This is basically true, and I wanted to show you how these two tests differ and what exactly, each one is testing.

First of all, although Chi-Square tests can be used for larger tables, McNemar tests can only be used for a 2×2 table.  So we’re going to restrict the comparison to 2×2 tables. (more…)


Member Training: ROC Curves

October 1st, 2014 by

ROC Curves are incredibly useful in evaluating any model or process that predicts group membership of individuals.

ROC stands for Receiver Operating Characteristic. This strange name goes back to its original use of assessing the accuracy of sonar readings. Any ROC can tell you how well a process or model distinguishes between true and false positives and negatives.

In this webinar, we’ll talk about what ROC Curves do, when they’re useful, and how to interpret the curve and some related statistics.


Note: This training is an exclusive benefit to members of the Statistically Speaking Membership Program and part of the Stat’s Amore Trainings Series. Each Stat’s Amore Training is approximately 90 minutes long.

Not a Member? Join!

About the Instructor

Karen Grace-Martin helps statistics practitioners gain an intuitive understanding of how statistics is applied to real data in research studies.

She has guided and trained researchers through their statistical analysis for over 15 years as a statistical consultant at Cornell University and through The Analysis Factor. She has master’s degrees in both applied statistics and social psychology and is an expert in SPSS and SAS.

Not a Member Yet?
It’s never too early to set yourself up for successful analysis with support and training from expert statisticians.

Just head over and sign up for Statistically Speaking.

You'll get access to this training webinar, 130+ other stats trainings, a pathway to work through the trainings that you need — plus the expert guidance you need to build statistical skill with live Q&A sessions and an ask-a-mentor forum.


How to Get SPSS GENLINMIXED Output Without the Model Viewer

September 26th, 2014 by

I love working with my clients.

I love working with my clients for many reasons, but one of them is I learn so much from them.

Just this week, one of my clients showed me how to get SPSS GENLINMIXED results without the Model Viewer.

She’s my new hero.

If you’ve ever used GENLINMIXED, the procedure for Generalized Linear Mixed Models, you know that the results automatically appear in this new Model Viewer.  (more…)


Model Building Strategies: Step Up and Top Down

September 19th, 2014 by

How should I build my model?Stage 2

I get this question a lot, and it’s difficult to answer at first glance–it depends too much on your particular situation.

There are really three parts to the approach to building a model: the strategy, the technique to implement that strategy, and the decision criteria used within the technique. (more…)