NCFRさん「A Public Service Announcement: Do you Have T-Test Anxiety?
Body: By Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE Confession is said to be good for the soul. Caution: I’m about to unload Big Time. Research Methodology and Statistics scare me to death. You too? Well fear not! I just found a Rosetta Stone for us practitioners that demystifies this topic beautifully. First some background; between research and practice, we have a language barrier. Quantitative methodology makes for mucho math, meaning that a lot of the social science research is written at the Stephen Hawking level. Statisticians and demographers—you are my “rock stars.” My admiration for you borders on idolatry. But I have to let you in on a well-kept secret. A lot of us struggle with the quantitative thing. I read your studies, but here’s what has happened; I begin the abstract committed to giving it the old college try. I usually grasp the background, the theoretical models that helped form your question, and the question you will attempt to answer. Then I get to the methodology. Popping a couple of A
