Thursday 12 September 2019

Skewness and Kurtosis

http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/FAQ/Simon?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kurtosis.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_acceptable_range_of_skewness_and_kurtosis_for_normal_distribution_of_data

Source:
Kim, H. Y. (2013). Statistical notes for clinical researchers: assessing normal distribution (2) using skewness and kurtosis. Restorative dentistry & endodontics38(1), 52-54.

1. For small samples (n < 50), if absolute z-scores for either skewness or kurtosis are larger than 1.96, which corresponds with a alpha level 0.05, then reject the null hypothesis and conclude the distribution of the sample is non-normal.

2. For medium-sized samples (50 < n < 300), reject the null hypothesis at absolute z-value over 3.29, which corresponds with a alpha level 0.05, and conclude the distribution of the sample is non-normal.


3. For sample sizes greater than 300, depend on the histograms and the absolute values of skewness and kurtosis without considering z-values. Either an absolute skew value larger than 2 or an absolute kurtosis (proper) larger than 7 may be used as reference values for determining substantial non-normality.

Source:
Brown, J. D. (1997). Skewness and kurtosis. Shiken: JALT testing & evaluation SIG.
". . . reporting the median along with the mean in skewed distributions is a generally good idea"



source : https://www.medcalc.org/manual/testsfornormaldistribution.php

Why we need to do log transformation ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCDiQxB5S84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57An8xx3WjA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72mHLg4TnE


Recommended ways to interpret log transform in linear regression analysis:
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/faq/how-can-i-interpret-log-transformed-variables-in-terms-of-percent-change-in-linear-regression/



An Update and Extension to SEM Guidelines for Administrative  and Social Science Research  By: David Gefen

https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_do_you_transform_a_non-normal_set_of_data_into_a_normal_distribution

Thursday 5 September 2019

GLM, paired sample t test

GLM
https://youtu.be/FhcP717lQrk

PAIRED SAMPLE T TEST
https://youtu.be/t9TI9rD96C0

Negetive t score
https://youtu.be/92VfI4TvyRw

http://www.csic.cornell.edu/Elrod/t-test/reporting-t-test.html

Normality test z score
https://youtu.be/IiedOyglLn0

Sample T-test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt-TlsY_b3k

Wilcoxon ranked test

https://youtu.be/WP8hOeJW_oc

Sign test before conducting wilcoxon

https://youtu.be/IcLSKko2tsg