PSYC 2F23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Statistical Inference, Descriptive Statistics
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Facts are true because somebody of distinction tells you it is true. Assumes that if premises are true then the truth can be found through logic. Relies on objective assessment of data and knowledge. Formulate testable hypotheses (if what i think is true, then this should happen if i do that) Must also be able to be disproven. Empirical testing of hypotheses (this will yield data) Send away research, people criticize it, make changes and resubmit it. Makes it so that so many people have gone over it so many times so it is fairly certain that the paper is more reliable. Population: a complete set of individuals, objects or scores. Sample: a subset of the population which the experiment is conducted on. Variable: property or characteristic that can take on many values depending on a situation. Independent variable: the variable that is manipulated by the experimenter. Experimental independent variable is manipulated by the researcher.
