PSYC 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statistical Inference, Statistical Literacy, Central Tendency
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1: conceptual understanding of a variety of statistical techniques and ability to carry them out by hand, practical understanding of a variety of statistical techniques and ability to carry them out using computer software (spss) Improve statistical literacy to become more critical consumers of statistical information. Population: the complete set of individuals, objects, or scores that you are interested in studying. Variable: any property or characteristic of an event, object, or person that may have different values at different times depending on conditions (situation, characteristic, etc) Independent variable: the variable manipulated, controlled by researcher. Data: the measurements made on your research subjects. Statistic: a number calculated on sample data that quantifies a characteristic of the sample. Parameter: a number calculated on population data that quantifies a characteristic of the population. Observational studies: you do not directly manipulate any variables. Naturalistic observation obtain an accurate description of situation being studied.
