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PSYC1040

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By: Phoebe McDonnell
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Lecture 1 - Course overview and some principles of research
What are the two main categories ...,
What does the formula m x represent,
What are the four stages of a res...
5  cards
Lecture 2 - Basic Study Designs
What does open mindedness in rese...,
Why is rational skepticism import...,
Define empiricism in the context ...
20  cards
Lecture 3 - Understanding Variables and Variation
What is the main problem with ass...,
What are order effects in within ...,
Describe the basic logic of a sim...
15  cards
Lecture 4 - Central Tendency and Variability
What are the desirable properties...,
Provide an example of evidence th...,
How can variation in nominal vari...
10  cards
Lecture 5 - The normal distribution and z-scores
Define mode median and mean,
Describe the shapes of different ...,
Why is variability important in r...
14  cards
Lecture 6 - Correlation
What percentage of marathon runne...,
What is the 80th percentile of ma...,
Why are many things normally dist...
11  cards
Lecture 7 - Intro to statistical hypothesis testing: Samples and sampling distributions
What is the range of the correlat...,
How is the correlation coefficien...,
What factors can affect the stren...
12  cards
Lecture 8 - Null hypothesis significance testing (A way to test the reliability of results)
What is the coefficient of determ...,
Explain how the coefficient of de...,
What is the sampling distribution...
10  cards
Lecture 9 - Single sample and repeated measures t-tests Tests used when population variance is uncertain
What are the four possible decisi...,
How does increasing sample size a...,
Define statistical power and expl...
12  cards
Lecture 10 - Single sample and repeated measures t-tests, and standardised “effect size”
Why do we need to estimate popula...,
How do we adjust for the tendency...,
What is a t distribution and why ...
16  cards
Lecture 11 - Independent groups t-tests, assumptions of t-tests, & confidence intervals
What is cohen s d and how is it u...,
Explain the difference between d ...,
What is the logic behind the inde...
10  cards
Lecture 12 - wrap up and review
What is the purpose of a confiden...,
How do you calculate a 95 confide...,
Provide an example of calculating...
14  cards

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