This paper surveys the use of inferential statistics over the last two BCS HCI conferences and the last year (2006) of two leading HCI journals. Of the 80 papers covered, 41 used some form of inferential statistics. However, all but one had some form of problem of reporting or analysis that undermined the value or the validity of the statistical testing and hence the research findings. This pap...

Statistics is a broad mathematical discipline dealing with techniques for the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data. Data are information used for reasoning, discussion, or calculation; data are the foundation of modern scientific inference. Data may be obtained by a formal sampling procedure, by recording responses to experimental conditions, or by observing ...

This study investigated the role of women’s economic empowerment on fertility behaviour using Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa State as a case study. The study sought to know how different women’s economic empowerment indicators can affect different fertility behaviour. The Quality-Quantity theory and Feminist patriarchal theory served as the theoretical framework for the study. The sampl...

It is crucially important to differentiate between the descriptive statistics on one side and inferential, inductive, mathematical statistics on the other. Only the latter is useful for obtaining the optimal information and for making effective decisions under conditions of uncertainty, because it defines probabilities of conclusions. That, of course, gains the real importance only in situation...

the aim of this study was to compare mental health, quality of life and emotional intelligence in physical education teachers and non-physical education teachers in kermanshah. this study was carried out by a causal-comparative and field method. the statistical population of this study comprised all the teachers of kermanshah (972 physical education teachers and 2854 non-physical education teac...