PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Normal Distribution, Canadian Psychological Association, Categorical Distribution

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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Must have informed consent from participating in research study. No coercion ( large incentives that force people to participate. Skepticism, the chastity of the intellect - george stanayana. *** scoring a 27 on the mmse *** ex/ sky divers will score below 27 the mmse: find consenting sky divers, administer the mmse, check for any values below 27. If one skydiver gets above 28 you have to renew your hypothesis. To maybe something along the lines of they"re not as sound mind as others . Main idea: research must be reliable and valid. Statistics: the system that organizes the data in a clear way for analysis. Distributions: categorical distribution: to organize data into categories, continuous distribution: to organize data into different variables ( ex/ how many pieces of tri colour clothes do you own, or exam scores, skewed distribution, normal distribution: Mode: the high point on a graph. Median: the middle mark in the data.