population sample sampling error reliability sample size experiment independent variable confound control experimental condition control condition dependent variable random selection random assignment parameter statistic descriptive statistic estimator inferential statistic histogram discrete variable continuous variable nominal scale ordinal scale interval scale ratio scale frequency mean median mode range variance standard deviation quantile quartile - 1st and 3rd percentile cumulative distribution skew outlier normal distribution symmetric distribution unimodal multimodal tail raw score z-score standardized distribution probability distribution expected value biased and unbiased estimator replication sampling distribution central limit theorem standard error law of large numbers hypothesis testing null hypothesis alternative hypothesis type I error alpha level type II error power test statistic critical region critical value one-tailed test two-tailed test p-value binary data binomial distribution binomial test t statistic t distribution degrees of freedom one-sample t-test independent-samples t-test homogeneity of variance paired-samples t-test between-subjects design difference score individual differences effect size confidence interval Cohen's d scatterplot Pearson correlation independence linear relationship regression equation intercept regression coefficient sum of squares explained variability residual variability F statistic analysis of variance (ANOVA) grand mean repeated-measures ANOVA factorial ANOVA factor main effect interaction goodness of fit multinomial test observed frequency expected frequency marginal frequency chi-square statistic parametric statistics nonparametric statistics Spearman correlation Mann-Whitney test Wilcoxon test Kruskal-Wallis test Friedman test