[WikiEducator] Small Sample Size - Non-parametric tests?
Can anyone help? I am looking to conduct some research into the effects of 5 mental skills on self-regulation, and I will be selecting a sample size of approx 10-12 people from a total population of approximately 30 people. Am I required to use non-parametric statistics? Or is the sample large enough to use parametric tests? Many thanks Peter McCrory T. +44 1522 514422 M. +44 7812 080853 E. petemccr...@btinternet.com Skype. peter.mccrory Twitter: @Peter_RAFUltra www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikipeedy Follow our progress in preparing for the World's Toughest Bike Race at www.raf-ultra.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Thanks Jim. We'll sure be able to get more people into the OER loop. Congrats Wayne. Savithri On 7 February 2010 16:29, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- डॉक्टर सावित्री सिंह प्रधानाचार्य आचार्य नरेन्द्र देव कॉलेज ( दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय ) गोविन्दपुरी, कालकाजी नयी दिल्ली 110019 Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224, 2641 2547 Fax: (011) 2629 4540 Res: 2584 8151 2584 97862584 3496 http://eduframe.net/andc http://andcollege.du.ac.in http://wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://wikieducator.org/User:Savi.odl http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/India/wikieducator_launch http://www.slideshare.net/singh.savithri P Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Savithri Singh singh.savit...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Jim. We'll sure be able to get more people into the OER loop. Congrats Wayne. Savithri On 7 February 2010 16:29, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- डॉक्टर सावित्री सिंह प्रधानाचार्य आचार्य नरेन्द्र देव कॉलेज ( दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय ) गोविन्दपुरी, कालकाजी नयी दिल्ली 110019 Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224, 2641 2547 Fax: (011) 2629 4540 Res: 2584 8151 2584 97862584 3496 http://eduframe.net/andc http://andcollege.du.ac.in http://wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://wikieducator.org/User:Savi.odl http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/India/wikieducator_launch http://www.slideshare.net/singh.savithri P Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to
RE: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Thank you, Jim for all your hard work, commitment and dedication to WE. It means a lot to all of us Cheers, Patricia From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieduca...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Mackintosh Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:18 PM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[WikiEducator] Re: Small Sample Size - Non-parametric tests?
Peter this sounds like an interesting study. What kind of time do you think you need? Warmly, Katherine Bolman On Feb 6, 10:31 pm, Peter McCrory petemccr...@btinternet.com wrote: Can anyone help? I am looking to conduct some research into the effects of 5 mental skills on self-regulation, and I will be selecting a sample size of approx 10-12 people from a total population of approximately 30 people. Am I required to use non-parametric statistics? Or is the sample large enough to use parametric tests? Many thanks Peter McCrory T. +44 1522 514422 M. +44 7812 080853 E. petemccr...@btinternet.com Skype. peter.mccrory Twitter: @Peter_RAFUltra www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikipeedy Follow our progress in preparing for the World's Toughest Bike Race atwww.raf-ultra.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Alison, Randy The implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing. I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example: - 61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki - 65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as Beginner (which which corresponds with the figure above.) To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29. Be keen to hear your thoughts. Cheers Wayne On 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] Small Sample Size - Non-parametric tests?
Hi Peter, That's a good question. mmm ... I'm stepping out of my zone of comfort here, I'm not a statistician or applied mathematician -- so you'll need to check my response with a professional. Your population is small --- so not sure whether sampling techniques are relevant or appropriate in this instance. With a small population like this -- I'm not sure how one one would figure out how your population fits any parametrized distributions. So my uninformed opinion is to go with non-parametric statistics. I could be totally wrong here ;-) Let me ask one or two WikiEducators with better statistical knowledge and point them to your question. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 21:31, Peter McCrory petemccr...@btinternet.com wrote: Can anyone help? I am looking to conduct some research into the effects of 5 mental skills on self-regulation, and I will be selecting a sample size of approx 10-12 people from a total population of approximately 30 people. Am I required to use non-parametric statistics? Or is the sample large enough to use parametric tests? Many thanks *Peter McCrory* * * T. +44 1522 514422 M. +44 7812 080853 E. petemccr...@btinternet.com Skype. peter.mccrory Twitter: @Peter_RAFUltra www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikipeedy *Follow our progress in preparing for the World's Toughest Bike Race at* www.raf-ultra.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
