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Psychology
Post-Graduate
07/27/2009

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Term
if you reject the null you are stating that two pop._____
Definition
exist
Term
Sumof squares / N
Definition
mean
Term
the groups mean scores only reflect only the ______  ________of the two groups
Definition
central tendencies
Term
arithmetic avg of a group of numbers
Definition

mean

 

Term
a measure of the extent to which a group of scores vary about their mean
Definition
standard dev.
Term
the avg of the sum of the squared deviations of teh scores about their mean
Definition
variance
Term
s2=EX2-((EX)2/N)/N-1
Definition
variance
Term
sq root of variance
Definition
standard dev.
Term
mechanism that allows us to make an infernece to the pop. from data collected on a sample of research participants
Definition
inferential statistics
Term
the mean of the t disturbtion is = to
Definition
0
Term
the probalilty that the differnece btwn the mean scores of the experimetnal and control groups is due to chance
Definition
significance lvl
Term
a statistical procedure for analyzing data obtained from a btwn-participants design with more than 2 lvls of the IV and/or more than one ind variable
Definition
ANova
Term
the simplest form of anova is
Definition
one way anova
Term
a statistical test for analyzingn data collected with a simple randominzed design
Definition
one way anovas
Term
a measure of the overall variablility of he scores obtained from a given experimental design
Definition
total variance
Term
summing the sq dev. of all the scores from the mean of all the scores
Definition
total var.
Term
variablilty arising from the effect of the IV and chance factors
Definition
btwn-groups var.
Term
the total variation can be divided into 2 estimates of ind. variation ____ and ______
Definition
within and btwn
Term

measure of the variation of the response of the research participants with in the experimental treatment groups

 

a measure of chance variability

Definition
w/in
Term
a variance estimates obtained by dividing a sum of squares by its appropritate df
Definition
mean sq
Term
the ratio of 2 variance estimates used as a test of the effect of an IV
Definition
F-ratio
Term
MSbtwn= btwn-groups variance/df
Definition
ms btwn
Term
MSw/in= w/in-groups variance/df
Definition
MSw/in
Term
MSbtwn/MSw.in
Definition
f ratio
Term
as the ratio approaches 1, the % increases that chance explains the differnce _____ __ ____
Definition
btwn the groups
Term
the fact that the f ratio is much greater than 1 suggests that the btwn groups differences were not ______ __ ______
Definition
due by chance
Term
false rejection of the null
Definition
type 1
Term
failure to reject the null when its false
Definition
type 2
Term
the most common used statiscal measure of degree of relationship btwn 2 var.
Definition
pearsons product moment correlation coefficient
Term
r=________
Definition
correltaion coefficient
Term
increase in one variable corresponds to an increase on the other var.
Definition
pos. corr.
Term
when an increse in one var. corresponds to a decrease on the other
Definition
neg. corr.
Term
range from -1 to 1...these are the _______relationship that can exist
Definition
strongest
Term

if you have conducted an experiment that hypothesis that people whi are depressed increase their intake of simple carbs over nondepressed indivuals and this hypo is confirmed then you are,

 

a.)stating that simple carbs cause depression

b.)staing a null

c.)staing a scientific hypo

d.)stating that there are 2 pop. with regard to consupmtions of carbs

Definition
stating that there are 2 pop. with regard to consupmtions
Term

if you conducted a study in which you randomly assigned people to 2 groups and tested them on a measure of attention, which statiscal test would you use to determine whether the 2 groups differed on the measure  of attention

 

a.)2-wayanova

b.)one-way

c.)t test

Definition
t test
Term

if you conducted a study in which there were 25 people randomly to each of 2 groups, how many df would you have if you analyzed this data with a t test

 

a.)50

b.)48

Definition
48
Term

when conducting a 1 way anova the w/in and btwn variation should equal

 

a.)the tot var.

b.)mean sq tot

c.) f ratio

Definition
the tot var
Term

if you have conducted your statistical analysis and the results state that you can reject the nll but in fact is incorrect you have

 

a.)type 1

b.) type 2

Definition
type 1
Term

if you wanted to measure the degree of relationship that existed btwn two variables you would conduct a

 

a.)t test

b.) correltion coeffient

c.) f test

Definition
correlation coeff
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