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gbarreiro

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What is random error and why is it important?
 
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In the introduction, the review of the literature should include
 
  a. only the most recent article related to the topic.
  b. all of the literature that is related to the topic even if it is not directly pertinent.
  c. a review of the most relevant literature on the topic.
  d. only the literature published by the authors of the paper.



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Random error is caused by any factors that randomly affect measurement of the variable across the sample. For instance, people's moods can inflate or deflate their performance on any occasion. In a particular testing, some children may be in a good mood and others may be depressed. If mood affects the children's performance on the measure, it might artificially inflate the observed scores for some children and artificially deflate them for others.

The important thing about random error is that it does not have any consistent effects across the entire sample. Instead, it pushes observed scores up or down randomly. This means that if you could see all the random errors in a distribution they would have to sum to 0random errors tend to balance out on average. There would be as many negative errors as positive ones. (Of course you can't see the random errors because all you see is the observed score X). The important property of random error is that it adds variability to the data but does not affect average performance for the group. Because of this, random error is sometimes considered noise.

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gbarreiro

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Excellent

 

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