Unit 4(B): Thresholds and Sensory Adaptation Mr. McCormick A.P. Psychology.
A.P. Psychology Statistics Notes
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A.P. Psychology Statistics Notes
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Correlation
The way 2 factors vary together and how well one predicts the other
Positive Correlation- direct relationship where factors increase or decrease together
Negative Correlation – Inverse relationship where one factor goes up while one goes down
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Illusory Correlation
-perceiving correlation when none exists
-we notice random coincidences as not random, rather as correlated
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Statistical Reasoning
Mode – the most frequently occurring score in a distribution
Mean – the arithmetic average of a distribution
Median – the middle score in a distribution
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Measures of Variation
Range – the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
Standard Deviation – A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
Statistical Significance – A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
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68-95-99.7 Rule
In practice, one often assumes that the data are from an approximately normally distributed population.
If that assumption is justified, then about:– 68% of the values are within 1 standard deviation of
the mean
– about 95% of the values are within two standard deviations
– and about 99.7% lie within 3 standard deviations.
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68-95-99.7 Rule
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Skew
A distribution is skewed if one of its tails is longer than the other. – Positive Skew - long tail in the positive direction.
– Negative Skew - long tail in the negative direction.
– No Skew – symmetric, normal distribution.
Distributions with positive skew are sometimes called "skewed to the right" whereas distributions with negative skew are called "skewed to the left."
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Positive Skew
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Negative Skew
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No Skew (Normal Distribution)