PSY 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Type I And Type Ii Errors, Null Hypothesis, Academic Dishonesty
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Being able to describe a behavioral, emotional, or cognitive phenomena in such as way that allows it to be measured with validity and reliability. Limits of observations - independent of observed from what is being observed. Error that may confound the results that we have - may lead us to conclude there is an effect when there is no effect (or vice versa) Type i error rejected the null when you should have kept it. Type ii error: accepted the null when you should have kept it. Effects the internal validity of a study - how robust the study design is - the confidence we have in the study results. Most of our judgements are made based on intuition or heuristics - rule of thumb. These are short cuts we use to guide our responses based on our prior experiences which guide our current expectations. How far can we trust our own experience.
