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Psych modules appendix A
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/11/2008

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frequency distribution
Definition
which shows the number of times a score or event occurs.
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descriptive statistics
Definition
are the numbers used to describe the dependent variable. can be used to describe characteritics of a population, or a sample
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central tendency measures of
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mean-average
median-middle score
mode-score is the score that occurs most often
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measures of variation
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standard deviation-bell curve
the normal distribution forms a bell shaped curve. in a normal distribution, two thirds of the scores lie between one standar deviation above and on standard deviation below the mean
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