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Statistics|Assumptions

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Statistics, like all mathematical disciplines does not generate valid conclusions from nothing. Every Mathematical Theorem requires a set of assumptions or hypotheses from which its conclusions are derived. Mathematical Proofs are procedures for transforming hypotheses into conclusions.

The most common statistical assumptions are:

  • independence of observations from each other (see Statistical Independence)
  • independence of observational error from potential confounding effects
  • exact or approximate normality of observations (see Normal Distribution
  • linearity of graded responses to quantitative stimuli (see Linear Regression)

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