Understanding Statistics

Alan Dix

doi:10.1145/3406324.3410333

Understanding Statistics

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Abstract

Most participants of MobileHCI will have had to deal with statistics: sometimes formal statistics with tests and probabilities, sometimes informally eyeballing data'. Even if you do not use statistics in your own work, you are likely to need to interpret the statistics in other people's papers and reports. This tutorial is intended to help you navigate the often confusing discussions about the use and misuse of statistics, to help you gain a 'gut feeling' for statistics and also know when not to trust those instincts. The tutorial builds on the instructor's recent book "Statistics for HCI"and also extensive freely available videos and other online material.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Subtitle of host publication	Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380522
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3406324.3410333
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020 - Virtual, Online, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2020 → 9 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name	Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Virtual, Online
Period	5/10/20 → 9/10/20

Keywords

Bayesian statistics
confidence intervals
experiments
hypothesis testing
statistics
user studies

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Dix, A. (2021). Understanding Statistics. In Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020 Article 3410333 (Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406324.3410333

Dix, Alan. / Understanding Statistics. Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. (Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020).

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Understanding Statistics. / Dix, Alan.
Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. 3410333 (Extended Abstracts - 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: Expanding the Horizon of Mobile Interaction, MobileHCI 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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