***HOW TO USE THIS PAGE AND FAQS***
**What is the purpose of these videos?**
Videos contributed here are meant to build off of core statistical concepts and assume basic knowledge of each statistical concept listed. Imagine that the instructor has covered the core content about the concept: what it is, what it is used for, how to calculate or estimate the numbers, statistics, and interpret them. They may have gone through a simple example in class already. These videos build off of that knowledge by having real researchers show students how that statistical concept can be applied in real-world research and what you can learn from using statistics in social science research.
This isn't a lecture or a how-to video, it is a statistics in the wild example. **Real people, real research, real baby statistics getting science solved!**
**What content should I cover?**
Introduce yourself and what you study. Present the research problem/question. What is the research question or hypothesis? Describe how the data were collected and the context. Ideally with visuals. Show a little snip of the resulting data. Show and discuss the primary numbers needed to estimate the target content. E.g., if a independent t-test, the mean and variance for each group, the t-statistic and other necessary numbers needed to interpret the results of the statistical test. If there is an effect size associated with the test, the effect size and how you are the researcher would
interpret the effect size. Discuss how the statistics creates insight for the research problem/question/hypothesis.
**I made an example video for the dependent samples t-test, "paired ttest interest in stats flake"**
**Make your video easy for teachers to use:**
Just some suggestions -- When you upload your video you can add tags. Use 3-5 of these to describe what content is in the video. Examples are the area of psych, theory or substantive keywords, concepts covered. You can also make the title of your video straight forward and in the first 30 seconds state what the video is about.
**What about statistical software?**
Intro and intermediate stats can be taught without software, in excel, or with a variety of other statistical software programs. These videos should not focus on the software, they should not provide a "how to" execute the test in the software. They can include the use of software, if needed, but it isn't a focus of the content. For example, if you use SPSS to run the t-test from your example, you can mention that and show the output, but focus on the statistical content and interpretation. It is okay for students to see that statistics can be used in different software, but the example content is the key for these videos, not the software implementation. If students are totally unaware of the software you used, they should still be able to follow along with the example.
**How long should they be?**
Less than 10 minutes, ideally 5.
**What format should these video take on?**
Upload mp4 files that can easily be uploaded to any learning management suite and downloaded or streamed. Creators can choose to show themselves, screen record, or both. Use of visuals of the researcher, data, graphs from publication or otherwise, and stimuli is encouraged. Keep in mind, this is a chance for students to see a diverse set of researchers working on many different areas, beyond their experience at their university.
**What if I want to share my data and/or code?**
That is a great idea! Finding examples and data to go with them is one of the most time consuming parts of teaching a statistics course. Sharing your data facilitates using it for an in class analysis demo. If you want to share your data (and code) with your video, when you get access to the specific component, put all of your materials into a child folder under the component with a makes sense name. You can include the video, data, and any code or codebook/ support documentation for the data, including if the data are published in a paper all in one place.
**Content on this page is under a creative commons license with attribution** On your video indicate the license, and who to attribute the video to. Make it easy to credit you for your video by including you name and professional affiliation.
