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Personality
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/14/2008

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Term
P Level
Definition
Probability Level
Term
NHST
Definition
Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
Term
NHST associations
Definition
traditional method of statistical data analysis, associated with P Level
Term
Difficulties with NHST
Definition
1) The criterion is arbitrary; why is a result of <.05 significant, when the result of <.06 is not?
2) The chances of getting a significant result vary with how many participants are in a study.
3) Too often even experienced researchers interpret nonsignificant as no result.
Term
Type I error
Definition
Deciding that one variable has an effect on or a relationship to another variable when it actually does not
Term
Type II Error
Definition
Type II error is deciding that one variable does not have an effect on or relationship with another variable, when it actually does
Term
Most common kind of correlation coefficient
Definition
Pearson R
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