Thinking About Psychology The Science of Mind and Behavior 3e Charles T. Blair-Broeker & Randal M. Ernst PowerPoint Presentation Slides by Kent Korek Germantown High School Worth Publishers, © 2012

Scientific Inquiry Domain

Thinking about Psychological Science

Psychology’s Statistics Module 03 Psychology’s Statistics

Module Overview Frequency Distributions Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Variation Normal Distribution Comparative Statistics Correlation Coefficient Statistical Inference Click on the any of the above hyperlinks to go to that section in the presentation.

Psychology’s Statistics Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Statistics Are a means to make data more meaningful Provide a method of organizing information so that it can be understood

Frequency Distributions Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Sample Experiment

Frequency Distribution A list of scores placed in order from highest to lowest.

Bar Graphs Used to present data from frequency distributions

Measures of Central Tendency Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Measures of Central Tendency Statistical methods for finding the center of a distribution Three methods: Mode Mean Median

Measures of Central Tendency: Mode Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Mode The most frequently occurring score or scores in a distribution. Most useful in circumstances where the data can be placed into distinct groups

Mode

Measures of Central Tendency: Mean Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Mean The arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores. Usually the measure of central tendency of choice

Mean

Measures of Central Tendency: Median Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Median The middle score in a ranked distribution; half of the scores are above it, half are below it.

Median

Skewed Distorted; not evenly distributed around the mean.

Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics Measures of Variation Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Measures of Variation: Range Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Range The difference between the highest and the lowest scores in a distribution.

Measures of Variation: Standard Deviation Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Standard Deviation A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score of a distribution. The higher the standard deviation, the more the more spread out the scores are

Standard Deviation Calculation Calculate the mean of the data. Determine how far each score deviates from the average. Square the deviation scores and add them together. Take the square root of the average of the squared deviation scores.

Standard Deviation Calculation

Standard Deviation Calculation

Standard Deviation Calculation

Standard Deviation Calculation

Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics Normal Distribution Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Normal Distribution A frequency distribution that is shaped like a symmetrical bell. Most scores fall near the mean, with fewer and fewer scores at the extreme. The mean, median, and mode are all the same (the highest point of the curve) in a normal distribution.

Normal Distribution

Comparative Statistics Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Percentage A comparative statistic that compares a score to a perfect score of 100 points.

Percentile Rank A comparative statistic that compares a score to other scores in an imaginary group of 100 individuals. The percentile rank indicates how many of the hundred scores are at or below a particular score.

Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

Correlation Coefficient Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Correlation Coefficient A statistical measure of the strength of the relationship between two variables. Extent to which two things vary together

Positive Correlation As the value of one variable increases (or decreases), the value of the other variable increases (or decreases). A perfect positive correlation is +1.0. The closer the correlation is to +1.0 the stronger the relationship.

Negative Correlation As the value of one variable increases, the value of the other variable decreases. A perfect negative correlation if -1.0. The closer the correlation is to -1.0 the stronger the relationship.

Zero Correlation There is no relationship whatsoever between the two variables.

Zero Correlation

Statistical Inference Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

Inferential Statistics Statistics that can be used to make a decision or reach a conclusion about data.

Statistical Significance A statistical statement of how likely it is that a result occurred by chance alone.

Significance Difference

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