PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Statistical Inference, Standard Deviation, Central Tendency

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill L Atkinson

Document Summary

Theory: an idea, or a conceptual model that is designed to explain existing facts and make predictions about new facts that might be discovered. Can be supported, rejected, or modified based on existence/evidence that they explain/fail to explain. A testable prediction about processes that can be observed & measured. Reliability: the experiment can be performed multiple times and garner the. The gaining of knowledge through observable facts and experiences. Any experience/fact must be verifiable same result each time. A result is objective if it"s based on observable phenomena and is uninfluenced by emotions or personal points of view. Attempted to describe the fundamental structure of the human mind by asking people to give detailed descriptions on the contents of their minds. Data collection methods should be clear, and if possible, objective association between variables. Can determine a relationship between variables, and whether a change in one variable influences change in another variable. Experimentation allows you to infer a causal relationship.