PSYC 2002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Scatter Plot, Statistical Parameter, Experiment
11 Nov 2016
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Statistics are used to organize and summarize and interpret information so that the researcher can see what happened in the research study and can communicate the results to others. Statistics help the researcher to answer the questions that initiated the research by determining exactly what general conclusions are justified based on the specific results that were obtained. Statistics refers to a set of mathematical procedures for organizing, summarizing, and interpreting information. Population is the entire set of the individuals of interest for a particular research question. Essentially, the entire group that a researcher wishes to study. The age at which all 1st and 2nd born children began to talk/all canadian female offenders. Since populations tend to be quite large, researchers typically select a smaller, more manageable group from the population and limit their studies to the individuals in the selected group.
