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Global warming
Temperature will
increase with CO2
Global warming
Temperature will
increase with CO2
Global warming
Temperature will
increase with CO2
Global warming
Temperature will
increase with CO2
Global warming
Temperature will
increase with CO2
Mean height of men between
30 and 35 in Cheltenham and
Gloucester
Assume a representative sample was taken
Mean height of men between
30 and 35 in Cheltenham and
Gloucester
Mean height of men between
30 and 35 in Cheltenham and
Gloucester
Mean height of men between
30 and 35 in Cheltenham and
Gloucester
Should be
asking questions
- how many people?
- how was
representative?
Quantitative methods
• Mainly you will want to know
– About relationships between 2 variables
• Can be predictor (independent) and predicted
(dependent), but may not be
– About differences in the average between
group
• e.g. The mean height is shorter in group X
Quantitative methods
• Three things you can find out
from 10 plants 1
5 grown with tomato
feed, 5 without 0.8
Mass (kg)
0.6
feed, 5 without
Mass (kg)
1.05
0.9
feed no feed
Without: 0.9, 1.3, 0.9,
1.2, 1.2 (kg)
p = 0.720
Some examples
Uplift of rock against time:
6
Height (m)
2
p = 0.000034
1
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (mya)
Some examples
Uplift of rock against time:
6
Height (m)
2
p = 0.53
1
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (mya)
Some examples
Mass of tomatoes 1.2
from 10 plants 1
5 grown with tomato
feed, 5 without 0.8
Mass (kg)
0.6
from 10 plants 1
5 grown with tomato
feed, 5 without 0.8
Mass (kg)
0.6
1.2
2
1
1.5
Mass (kg)
Mass (kg)
0.8
0.6
1
0.4
0.5
0.2
0 0
feed no feed feed no feed