PSYC 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Likert Scale, Count Data, London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3000
• Professor: Deanna C Whelan

Document Summary

Lecture 1 levels of measurement and frequencies. A science; sample of info to a population: used in research and psychological research. Separate from mathematics: process of applying logic. A number used to represent something in a population or sample. Has its own language (terms), symbols, grammatical structure for reporting. Research process from different domains (ex: psychology has social, positive, personality, developmental, etc) Research methods: correlation vs experimental design: factors can dictate what type will be used (some research is not allowed to be experimental) Conceptual domain theory -> generate hypothesis (+identify variables: observational domain - generate predications -> collect data to test predictions (measure variables, analyse data (graph data + fit a model) How are we collecting our data: qua(cid:374)titati(cid:448)e: set (cid:396)espo(cid:374)ses fo(cid:396) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s (cid:449)e(cid:859)(cid:396)e aski(cid:374)g, (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e set the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396)s. Info can be turned into a number: qualitative: words, paragraphs, sentences.