PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Normal Distribution, Psy, Information System
17 Sep 2020
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Think smart, when viewing graphs, read the scale labels and not their change. Mode: most frequently occurring number in the distribution. Median: the middle score in the distribution. When a distribution is lopsided, its skewed. Range: the highest number the lowest number. Standard deviation: computed measure of how much scores vary around the. Normal curve: normal distribution, bell shaped curve. Less variable observations are more reliable than those that are more variable. When averages from two samples are each reliable measures of their respective. When sample averages are reliable, and when the difference between them is. Behavior, biology and mind mental abilities and character traits (phrenology) not true. Franz gall states stated that studying bumps in the skull can help determine. Phrenology now focuses attention on the localization of function. Biological perspectives are announcing discoveries about the interplay of our biology and our behavior and mind.
