PSY201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scatter Plot, Chaos 2, Statistical Parameter
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Evidence that people use to decide to believe. Intuition: implicit understanding of a phenomenon, usually developed in the absence of any formal training on the topic (personal experience, folk wisdom", what you seem you know) Logic: formal rules of correct and incorrect reasoning ( if x is y, and y is z, then x must be z ) Authority: someone with expertise or status in a particular area (e. g. , the pope, dr. oz) Observation: the practice of taking measurements of an object or phenomenon to figure out its nature (empirical evidence) Four canons of science: determinism: the universe is orderly all events have meaningful, systematic causes. Theories: statements about the causal relation between two or more variables. Variables: a characteristic or condition that changes or has different values for different individuals: empiricism: the best way of figuring out these orderly principles is by collecting data or making observations (about the world) Data set: collection of measurements or observations.
