UNIT 0: Statistics in Psychology

Описание: This video provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical analysis in psychology, emphasizing its role in understanding research data. It begins by illustrating operational definitions through a study on teenage smartphone use, highlighting the importance of making variables like "screen time" specific and measurable. The video then differentiates between descriptive statistics, which summarize data using measures like mean, median, mode, and range, and inferential statistics, which allow researchers to generalize findings from a sample to a larger population. Key concepts such as normal distribution, skewness, standard deviation, percentile rank, bimodal distribution, statistical significance, and effect sizes are also explained, culminating in an understanding of how these tools are used to interpret and draw meaningful conclusions from psychological data.
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(c) Myers. Psychology. 4th Edition.