Variation in the study was evaluated by examining
the statistical average standard deviation in different measurement diagrams.
Not exact matches
In the elementary grades 3 through 5, students of new Teach for America teachers gained an
average of 5.8 percent of a
standard deviation more on the TAAS reading exam than did students with other new teachers, a difference that fell just short of
statistical significance (see Figure 2).
The first is
standard deviation, a
statistical measure of how much annual returns vary around their long - term
average.
If they are not the same thing, then the only inferences we can make relate to DIRECTLY UNMEASURABLE
statistical qualities of the sample — the mean,
standard deviation etc etc, such as «our fleet
average fuel consumption is x MPG», or — digging further — «On
average, California drivers in our fleet consume 15 % more fuel per mile than Texas drivers».
Assuming a normal
statistical distribution, this should be the experience for almost 70 % of the population, those grouped within the first
standard deviation on either side of an
average result.
Four couples dropped out of therapy and therefore did not complete the post EFT scan, two couples were dropped for missing data, and one other was dropped whose overall threat - related brain activation in a variety of regions was an extreme a
statistical outlier (e.g., greater than three
standard deviations below the
average of the rest of the sample).