Statistique multivariéeEn statistique, les analyses multivariées ont pour caractéristique de s'intéresser à des lois de probabilité à plusieurs variables. Les analyses bivariées sont des cas particuliers à deux variables. Les analyses multivariées sont très diverses selon l'objectif recherché, la nature des variables et la mise en œuvre formelle. On peut identifier deux grandes familles : celle des méthodes descriptives (visant à structurer et résumer l'information) et celle des méthodes explicatives visant à expliquer une ou des variables dites « dépendantes » (variables à expliquer) par un ensemble de variables dites « indépendantes » (variables explicatives).
Single-unit recordingIn neuroscience, single-unit recordings (also, single-neuron recordings) provide a method of measuring the electro-physiological responses of a single neuron using a microelectrode system. When a neuron generates an action potential, the signal propagates down the neuron as a current which flows in and out of the cell through excitable membrane regions in the soma and axon. A microelectrode is inserted into the brain, where it can record the rate of change in voltage with respect to time.
Data transformation (statistics)In statistics, data transformation is the application of a deterministic mathematical function to each point in a data set—that is, each data point zi is replaced with the transformed value yi = f(zi), where f is a function. Transforms are usually applied so that the data appear to more closely meet the assumptions of a statistical inference procedure that is to be applied, or to improve the interpretability or appearance of graphs. Nearly always, the function that is used to transform the data is invertible, and generally is continuous.
Test de normalitéEn statistiques, les tests de normalité permettent de vérifier si des données réelles suivent une loi normale ou non. Les tests de normalité sont des cas particuliers des tests d'adéquation (ou tests d'ajustement, tests permettant de comparer des distributions), appliqués à une loi normale. Ces tests prennent une place importante en statistiques. En effet, de nombreux tests supposent la normalité des distributions pour être applicables. En toute rigueur, il est indispensable de vérifier la normalité avant d'utiliser les tests.
One- and two-tailed testsIn statistical significance testing, a one-tailed test and a two-tailed test are alternative ways of computing the statistical significance of a parameter inferred from a data set, in terms of a test statistic. A two-tailed test is appropriate if the estimated value is greater or less than a certain range of values, for example, whether a test taker may score above or below a specific range of scores. This method is used for null hypothesis testing and if the estimated value exists in the critical areas, the alternative hypothesis is accepted over the null hypothesis.
G-testIn statistics, G-tests are likelihood-ratio or maximum likelihood statistical significance tests that are increasingly being used in situations where chi-squared tests were previously recommended. The general formula for G is where is the observed count in a cell, is the expected count under the null hypothesis, denotes the natural logarithm, and the sum is taken over all non-empty cells. Furthermore, the total observed count should be equal to the total expected count:where is the total number of observations.
OverdispersionIn statistics, overdispersion is the presence of greater variability (statistical dispersion) in a data set than would be expected based on a given statistical model. A common task in applied statistics is choosing a parametric model to fit a given set of empirical observations. This necessitates an assessment of the fit of the chosen model. It is usually possible to choose the model parameters in such a way that the theoretical population mean of the model is approximately equal to the sample mean.
