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Glossary⚓︎

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01. Introduction to RStudio⚓︎

gss · r packages · copy the code · rstudio console · highlighting and running

02. Introduction to data and scripting⚓︎

terminologies · survey terminology · questionnaire · respondents · data · dataset · data terminology · question wording · variable name · variable label · value · value label · response category · using r script files · r script file · outline view · commenting · saving r script files · working space · pasting variable names · keyboard shortcuts · hand and finger positions · mouse shortcuts · how to work with codes · model code · working code

03. Descriptive statistics⚓︎

variable · content of the variable · demographic variables · contextual variables · types of the variable · categorical · binary · nominal · ordinal · continuous · summary statistics · frequency table · bar graph · descriptive table · histogram graph · mean · standard deviation

04. Recoding variables⚓︎

recoding · reasons for recoding · merging values · reversing values · transforming continuous variables into groups · categorical · frequency table · frequency table for recoded variable · ordinal · continuous · descriptive table · recoding model codes · common recoding issues and troubleshooting · different recoding codes for different variables · use the recoded (new) variable in analyses · recoded variables are always categorical · use a model code · refresh gss data if variables are misplaced · run the recoding codes to create a new variable

05. Computing variables⚓︎

computing · index · recoding · reversing values · steps of computing index variables · index variable · categorical · continuous · descriptive table · descriptive table for index variable · common computing issues and troubleshooting · use the new (recoded) variables in computing code · computed variables are always continuous · run the computing codes to create a new variable

06. Chi-square analysis⚓︎

chi-square · categorical · variable · functions of the variable · outcome variable · factor variable · statistical significance · p-value · is my p-value less than 0.05? · check asterisks · factor · outcome

07. T-test analysis⚓︎

statistical significance · t-test · p-value · is my p-value less than 0.05? · factor variable · binary · outcome variable · continuous · factor · outcome · merging values

08. Probabilistic sampling⚓︎

sampling concepts · population · sample · sampling · randomness · sampling methods · non-probability sampling · non-random sampling · probability sampling · types of probability sampling · simple random sampling · systematic random sampling

09. Visualization⚓︎

stacked bar graph for multiple variables · categorical · stacked bar graph by groups · factor variable · outcome variable

10. Correlation analysis⚓︎

correlation analysis · p-value · r-value · significance of correlation · nonsignificant correlation · significant correlation · direction of correlation · positive correlation · negative correlation · strength of correlation · weak correlation · moderate correlation · strong correlation · confounding variable · bivariate correlation · correlation table · scatterplot graph · multivariate correlation · correlation table matrix · scatterplot graph matrix

11. Linear regression basics⚓︎

regression · factor variable · outcome variable · correlation analysis · types of regression modeling based on outcome variable · linear regression · continuous · logistic regression · binary · types of regression modeling based on modeling type · explanatory modeling · predictive modeling · descriptive modeling · coefficient · standard error · standardized coefficient · p-value · adjusted r-square · confounding variable · linear regression interpretation specifics · reporting of coefficients · reporting of standardized coefficients · reporting of adjusted r-square

12. Dummy variables⚓︎

dummy variable · omitting dummy variable · comparison dummy variable · dummy variables · linear regression

13. Logistic regression basics⚓︎

logistic regression · outcome variable · binary · dummy variable · odds ratio · standard error · standardized odds ratio · p-value · tjur r-square

14. Modeling exercises⚓︎

logistic regression

15. Regression assumptions and diagnostics⚓︎

linear regression assumptions · homoscedasticity · heteroscedasticity · multicollinearity · linearity · curvilinear relationship · normal distribution · nonnormal distribution · 10% of the cases · less than 10% of the cases · computing · index · recoding · dummy · linear regression · performance diagnostic · scatterplot graph matrix · vif · frequency table

Templates⚓︎

frequency table · bar graph · descriptive table · histogram · recoding · merging values · frequency table for recoded variables · reversing values · transforming continuous variables into groups · computing · chi-square · t-test