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Basic Concepts in Statistics
Complete the following questions. Be specific and provide examples when relevant.
Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines.
Question
Answer
What are statistics and how are they used in the behavioral sciences? Your answer should be 100 to 200 words.
Statitics is the idea of collecting data and analysing it in large quantatites. When statistics are used in behavorial sciences it is used for the purpose of dividing into descriptive and inferential. Behavorial sciences are the analysis of things such as human beings and or animals. When looking into important information about humans and animals statistics are the way things are analyzed and processed for future. Statistics uses things like graphs and symbols and turn into information that is able to be used in studies such as behavorial sciences.
Differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics. What information do they provide? What are their similarities and differences? Your answer should be 250 to 400 words.
Descriptive statistics are used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data. Inferential statistics are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data. Descriptive statistics are used primaraly for larger groups and used to collect more amounts of information while inferential is used more for a smaller group. Less information because there is less people and or information that is being refered to. Inferential statistics bring information which is often called a sample. This is a portion or a subset of a population.
What is a population? What is a sample? How are they similar and how are they different? When would you use one or the other? Your answer should be 250 to 400 words.
Complete the following problem:
Go to the library and find a journal article in your area of interest that contains empirical data, but does not contain any visual representation of the data. Use the data
Basic Concepts in Statistics
Complete the following questions. Be specific and provide examples when relevant.
Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines.
Question
Answer
What are statistics and how are they used in the behavioral sciences? Your answer should be 100 to 200 words.
Statitics is the idea of collecting data and analysing it in large quantatites. When statistics are used in behavorial sciences it is used for the purpose of dividing into descriptive and inferential. Behavorial sciences are the analysis of things such as human beings and or animals. When looking into important information about humans and animals statistics are the way things are analyzed and processed for future. Statistics uses things like graphs and symbols and turn into information that is able to be used in studies such as behavorial sciences.
Differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics. What information do they provide? What are their similarities and differences? Your answer should be 250 to 400 words.
Descriptive statistics are used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data. Inferential statistics are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data. Descriptive statistics are used primaraly for larger groups and used to collect more amounts of information while inferential is used more for a smaller group. Less information because there is less people and or information that is being refered to. Inferential statistics bring information which is often called a sample. This is a portion or a subset of a population.
What is a population? What is a sample? How are they similar and how are they different? When would you use one or the other? Your answer should be 250 to 400 words.
Complete the following problem:
Go to the library and find a journal article in your area of interest that contains empirical data, but does not contain any visual representation of the data. Use the data