PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Psychological Association, Naturalistic Observation, Random Assignment
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Note: this outline is not to be distributed or posted on other sites; that is copyright infringement as well as an honor offense. It is very important to take detailed notes to augment this outline. Also be sure to read through your textbook carefully. There is not enough classtime to discuss all concepts which are presented in the textbook. Be prepared to participate in discussion/activities: what is research, process of gaining information in order to come to a conclusion, rationalism, empiricism. Inferential statistics tells you the probability that the results were due to chance. If results are due to chance, then you cannot generalize sample results to the greater population. Inferential statistics says probability is 10% chance that this is a fluke result (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot ge(cid:374)eralize fro(cid:373) sa(cid:373)ple to population. Inferential statistics says less than 5% chance that this is a fluke result can ge(cid:374)eralize fro(cid:373) sa(cid:373)ple to population: step 5: report the findings, write a report.
