Psyc 274 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSYC 274 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

descriptive statisticssummarizes and organizes scores quantify measured behaviors summarizes sample results inferential statisticsallows sample results to be generalized to representative populations data typically drawn from a portion of the overall group of interest generalized to populations making scientific observationsask a question set up a research study measure behavior evaluate findings

Chapter 1, Introduction to Personality Psychology (68) 1.) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of in language. Ans: B 1. A. differential pronouns 2. B. trait-descriptive adjectives 3. C. action-descriptive verbs 4. D. trait-differentiating adverbs 2.) If I describe Juan as “possessive” or Anita as “friendly,” I am employing the use of A. trait-descriptive adjectives. B. inner psychological states. C. strategies to attain goa...

statisticsdescribes a set of tools and techniques used to organize, summarize, and interpret info/data descriptive statisticssummarize objective descriptions of sample data; ex) mean, median, & mode inferential statisticsallows us to study samples and generalize findings to population; probabilistic investigations of hypothesized relationships; ex) z and t-tests Mu is ____________ mean; M for _____________ meanpopulation, sample MeanWhich measure of central tendency is sensitive to out...

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