1. 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

2. Scientific Inquiry Domain

3. Thinking about Psychological Science

4. Psychology’s Statistics
Module 03
Psychology’s Statistics

5. Module Overview Frequency Distributions Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Variation
Normal Distribution
Comparative Statistics
Correlation Coefficient
Statistical Inference
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6. Psychology’s Statistics
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

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

8. Frequency Distributions
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

9. Sample Experiment

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

11. Bar Graphs
Used to present data from frequency distributions

12. Measures of Central Tendency
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

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

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

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

16. Mode

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

18. 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

19. Mean

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

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

22. Median

23. Skewed
Distorted; not evenly distributed around the mean.

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

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

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

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

28. 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

29. 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.

30. Standard Deviation Calculation

31. Standard Deviation Calculation

32. Standard Deviation Calculation

33. Standard Deviation Calculation

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

35. 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.

36. Normal Distribution

37. Comparative Statistics
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

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

39. 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.

40. Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

41. Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

42. Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

43. Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

44. Calculating Percentage Scores and Percentile Ranks

45. Correlation Coefficient
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

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

47. 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.

49. 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.

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

52. Zero Correlation

55. Statistical Inference
Module 03: Psychology’s Statistics

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

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

58. Significance Difference

59. The End

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61. Teacher Information Domain Coding Key Terms and Definitions in Red
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Scientific Inquiry Domain
Biopsychology Domain
Development and Learning Domain
Social Context Domain
Cognition Domain
Individual Variation Domain
Applications of Psychological Science Domain
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62. Teacher Information
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Kent Korek
Germantown High School
Germantown, WI 53022

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