PSYCH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Probability Measure, Shark Attack, Fallacy
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Or just one professor can be a pop. : sample = subset of population, not entirely representative of population. Inductive: going from evidence to broad claim (specific --> general, relies on probability, does not guarantee truth conclusions can be false, bottom-up technique, ex. ) You are more likely to die by lightning than a shark attack: ex. ) Therefore, all singers are bad: deductive, going from broad claim to evidence (general --> specific, guarantees truth, premises assumed to be true, top-down technique, ex. ) Interval variables: quantitative, equal units of measurement: ratio variables: quantitative, equal units of measurement (time = ratio, when having a 0 data point doesn"t mean anything, ex. ) Height = 0 does not mean anything: ex. ) 1. 35 = 1. 4: terminology: frequency distribution, range, frequency, tabular frequency distribution table that lists the numerical values of a variable in a logical order along with the freq of each value, ex. )
