
{"id":4124,"date":"2023-03-07T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/6-top-questions-from-editages-recent-webinar-unpacking-data-distributions\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:21:08","slug":"top-qas-from-the-recent-editage-webinar-on-describing-and-understanding-data-distributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/top-qas-from-the-recent-editage-webinar-on-describing-and-understanding-data-distributions","title":{"rendered":"6 Top questions from Editage&#8217;s recent webinar &#8220;Unpacking Data Distributions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">We hope you were part of the webinar Editage conducted on the topic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/understanding-and-describing-data-distributions\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">Describing and understanding data distributions<\/a>\u201d<b> <\/b>on February 28. Dr Jacob Wickham, Managing Editor of the journal Integrative Zoology and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Zoology in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, provided expert insights on the importance of data distribution in statistical analysis, various types of data distributions, measures of central tendency and variability, and the best practices for real-world applications. The event was attended by hundreds of researchers around the world. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">If you missed the webinar or want a quick recap of the most-asked questions by the participants, keep reading!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">We bring to you the top 6 questions asked by researchers like you during the session along with Dr. Wickham\u2019s responses. If you\u2019re interested, you may watch the entire webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wgyjjMjAQVE\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. What were the significant differences between parametric and non-parametric statistical analyses?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> What you\u2019re looking at between the parametric and non-parametric statistics is whether the assumptions are being followed. If you\u2019re doing a parametric statistical analysis like a t-test or an ANOVA, you are assuming the data follow a normal distribution and that there is a homoscedasticity and heterogeneity of the variances. So, if those assumptions cannot be followed, then you should switch to non-parametric statistics. So, before you start analyzing your data, you can do the Shapiro Wilke\u2019s test and also the Levine\u2019s test to show if your data follow a normal distribution and variances are equal, because these are some of the assumptions of the parametric statistics. Don\u2019t worry if your data are not normal. You can switch to a non-parametric test and do your statistics using non-parametric tests and you still get your work accepted by scientific journals. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. \u00a0Are there any good websites that serve as a ready reference for understanding fundamental statistical concepts? <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> I would look at Dr. Shapunov\u2019s website. It gives a general overview of different statistics and why you should be choosing certain statistical test over another. It also gives an overview of all the main concepts. There\u2019s also a couple of books like \u201cBiometry.\u201d This is a general statistics book in biology. This is a good book for understanding basic statistics. And then, there\u2019s another one titled \u201cApplied Multivariate Statistical Analysis.\u201d These are statistics books that I was using as an undergraduate, master\u2019s student, and a PhD student. One great thing is that statistics doesn\u2019t change. It\u2019s been a field in itself and applies to biology, chemistry, engineering, social sciences. These are great references. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. When should we transform data for experiments conducted in laboratory conditions?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> Sometimes, you can do a data transformation if your data follow like a logarithmic distribution or an exponential distribution; there\u2019s data transformations that you can do and you can have your data follow a more normal distribution. In some cases, this is explained in the statistics textbooks where you can transform your data prior to a data analysis. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. When should we go for a Bonferroni correction in pre-clinical tests? Please give an example.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> Sometimes when you\u2019re doing statistical tests, let\u2019s say you didn\u2019t do a proper ANOVA and you conducted about 10 t-tests and overused t-tests. In this instance, it would be good to do a Bonferroni correction, where you take the p-value and divide it by 10 because you did 10 t-tests where you should have done an ANOVA and this is a proper way to get around overuse of t-tests. In my doctoral dissertation, I compared 3-4 different groups and the number of combinations of testing two different treatments. So, I calculated the number of combinations of comparisons you can make, say 12. I took 0.05 as the p-value and divided it by 12. That was my new p-value, much lower but I was able to show that the data were significant. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. When will you decide to use type 1 or type 2 error?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> Your Alpha at 0.05 takes into account both type 1 and type 2 errors. If you have an alpha value that\u2019s very small, let\u2019s say 0.01, you might actually have a difference in the means between the two populations but you can\u2019t detect the difference because your alpha value is too small. 0.05 is really a compromise between type 1 and type 2 error. I just want you to realize that both of these types of errors exist. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:#4472c4\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Q. Should we use non-parametric over parametric tests based only on the failed normality or homoscedasticity tests?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Dr. Jacob Wickham\u2019s response:<\/b> That\u2019s not always true. If you have categorical data like a Wilcoxon rank, it is a non-parametric statistical test in itself. Also, I think, chi-square is non-parametric as well as it is also based on categorical data. So, sometimes beforehand you\u2019ll know that you\u2019re using non-parametric statistics and you don\u2019t always have to start with these tests on normality and homoscedasticity.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Looking for expert advice from a statistician in conducting your next research project? 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