Data Types, Hypotheses and Statistical Tests That Fit Them with Festive Christmas Market Examples🎄🎅🎡
It’s that magical time of the yr. Twinkling lights and sparkling ornaments delight the eyes; while gifts, laughter, family time, and steaming cups of glühwein warm the soul. Despite the winter chill, there’s a heartwarming joy in being a part of the group, feasting these magical moments together.
It’s a job hazard, really — after wandering through Christmas markets for 3 days in a row, I couldn’t help but view all the things through the lens of statistical evaluation. Then it hit me. Why not explain statistical testing through the beautiful examples of Christmas, to make them more enjoyable and easier to understand. To everyone celebrating, I wish you a joyful Christmas filled love, laughter, and naturally glühwein. Comfortable reading!
Let’s start with a bit of refresher on what statistical tests actually are. They’re essential tools used to make inferences concerning the data. It’s a bit of like attempting to predict the group size on the Christmas market – we make a hypothesis and test it to see if we’re right (or totally off!). We propose an announcement — a hypothesis — a couple of research query, and test it using appropriate techniques — statistical tests — to confess or reject it…
