Week 2
Hello, everyone I t seems to be a nightmare when I am required to confront with the math and statistics again due to they are not my cup of tea. However, a good attitude would motivate me to review them again. First of all, to recall my memory, I need to look in a big picture to connect the idea of the statistics as the figure below. ( https://sites.google.com/site/mystatistics01/chapter1/basic-theory ) In this week we are required to learn the four keywords consisting of measurements, errors, confidence, and probability. It is undeniable that measurements are used in everyday life and we are used to the unit of measurement or System International (SI). According to Steven’s theory, On the Theory of Scales of Measurement. These scales seem to measure the latent variables in social sciences such as attitudes, symptoms, personality, health literacy. The 4 scales of measurements are described in this theory. Personally, I called “NOIR” for the short form for hel...