Research‚ Statistics‚ and Psychology Paper PSY 315 Research‚ Statistics‚ and Psychology Paper Two important factors of psychology and studying it are statistics and research. This paper will explain what research is and the scientific method. This paper will also explain how research is important to psychology. When a researcher does studies on psychology they receive data from the subjects‚ they are studying. In any type of research there are two major types of data‚ they are primary data and
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Important Publication of Official Statistics A few important publications containing official statistics for general use are given below: Statistical abstract of India: This annual publication is brought out by the CSO and contains the statistics of various sectors of the Indian economy at least for the last five years. This also gives state-wise statistics at least for the last year. India- Pocketbook economic information: This publication is brought out annually by the Ministry of Finance
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Q-1 STATISTICS PLAYS A VITTAL ROLE IN ALMOST EVERY FACET OF HUMAN LIFE.DECRIBE THE FUNCTIONS OF STATISTIC.EXPLAIN THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICS. ANS- MEANING OF STATISTICS- ACCORDING TO SELIGMAN “STATISTIC IS A SCIENCE WHICH DEALS WITH THE METHOD OF COLLECTING‚ CLASSIFYING‚ PRESENTING‚ COMPARING & INTERPRETING THE NUMERICAL DATA TO THROW LIGHT ON ENQUIRY.” ACCORDING TO CROXTON & COWDEN- “STATISTICS IS THE SCIENCE OF COLLECTION‚ PRESENTATION‚ ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION OF NUMERICAL DATA FROM LOGICAL
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simple random sampling. Stem plot A stemplot (or stem-and-leaf display)‚ in statistics‚ is a device for presenting quantitative data in a graphical format‚ similar to a histogram‚ to assist in visualizing the shape of a distribution. Unlike histograms‚ stemplots retain the original data to at least two significant digits‚ and put the data in order‚ thereby easing the move to order-based inference and non-parametric statistics. To construct a stem plot‚ the observations must first be sorted in ascending
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Statistics Case Study-1 Age Weeks Employed 55 21 30 18 23 11 52 36 41 19 25 12 42 7 45 25 25 6 40 21 25 13 25 11 59 34 49 27 33 18 35 20 a. Age Weeks Employed Mean 37.75 Mean 18.6875 Standard Error 2.974195 Standard Error 2.188452 Median 37.5 Median 18.5 Mode 25 Mode 21 Standard Deviation 11.89678 Standard Deviation 8.753809 Sample Variance 141.5333 Sample Variance 76.62917 Kurtosis -1.17143 Kurtosis -0.21626 Skewness 0.337402 Skewness 0.522601 Range 36 Range 30
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Question 1 a. Mean age = 960/20=48 b. Standard Deviation = 10.74832 Web address: http://easycalculation.com/statistics/standard-deviation.php Frequency distribution table for denomination. Score f(frequency) 1 1 2 2 4 2 5 1 6 3 7 3 8 1 9 3 10 3 12 1 N=30 c. What is the percentage of people who identify themselves as Baptist? 3/20 = .15 x 100 = 15% What is the mode of church attendance? 5 Question
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Test the appropriate ... Wednesday‚ May 11‚ 2011 at 2:18am by Erica Applied Statistics Assignment Guidelines Perform a two-tailed hypothesis test using the steps outlined in the assignment description. In a Word document‚ create a report that includest the following: Null and alternate statements. Pasted Microsoft Excel data output. Identification of the ... Sunday‚ October 23‚ 2011 at 6:05pm by Truth Statistics Null hypothesis: Ho: p = .80 -->meaning: population proportion is equal
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plagiarism (copying) or any other attempt to gain an academic advantage in a dishonest or unfair manner. Breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy will result in dismissal from HCT Project Objectives: To estimate the population parameters from sample statistics‚ using interval estimate (90%‚ 95% and 99% levels). The project consists of three parts as listed below. You should carefully read the instructions. This project is Group based (2 – 3) and each Group will have different results based on the initial
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How many standard deviations is my hypothesis (sample mean) is away from the actual (null hypothesis population mean) T – statistic Rejecting the null may be a mistake = p –value ONE SAMPLE 3 formulas T.Dist.rt (t‚ sample size - 1 “df”) -> alternative that mu is bigger than a 1 – T.Dist.rt (t‚ sample size – 1) -> mu is less than a T.Dist.2t(t‚samplesize - 1) -> not equal to p < significant level reject the null NEVER accept null TWO SAMPLE directly get the p-value
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. Population arithmetic mean ‐ The population arithmetic mean‚ µ‚ is computed using all the individuals in a population and is a parameter. Sample arithmetic mean ‐ The sample arithmetic mean‚ x ‚ is computed using sample data and is a statistic. Mean – Although other types of means exist‚ the arithmetic mean is generally referred to as the mean. Median ‐ The median of a variable is the value that lies in the middle of the data when arranged in ascending order. Resistant ‐ A
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