If We Want to Test for Differences Between Two Populations $p _ { 1 } - p _ { 2 }$

question 99

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If we want to test for differences between two populations of nominal data with exactly two categories, we can employ either the z-test of $p _ { 1 } - p _ { 2 }$ , or the chi-squared test of a contingency table. (Squaring the value of the z-statistic yields the value of the $x ^ { 2 }$ -statistic.)

Understand the role of inhibitory interneurons in reflex arcs.

Understand the concept of percentiles in describing data distribution.

Calculate and interpret quartiles and percentiles of a given data set.

Derive and interpret the interquartile range from a data set.

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