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week 2 ppt

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Descriptive and
Inferential Statistics
PSY/315

PRESENTED BY



January 17, 2015

SHIRLEEN WHETSTONE, TASHA S.

Content Page


Title page



Description of the functions of statistics



Example of statistical functions



Definition of descriptive statistics



Definition of inferential statistics



Example I. relationship between descriptive and inferential statistics.



Example II. relationship between descriptive and inferential statistics.



Reference page

Description of the functions of
statistics
Introduction

Primary








Collect
Observe



People have a limited capacity of
memory



Statistics help condense an
overwhelming body of data



Help researchers "see" patterns and
relationships



Assist the human mind comprehend
disparate data as an organized
whole

Analyze
Interpret

Example of
Statistical Functions
(Statistics) tables showing the values of
the cumulative distribution functions,
probability functions, or probability
density functions of certain common
distributions for different values of their
parameters, and used esp to determine
whether or not a particular statistical
result exceeds the required significance
level.

Descriptive Statistics
According to Simply Psychology “Descriptive statistics is the term given to the analysis of data that
helps describe, show or summarize data (i.e. the sample) in a meaningful way such that, for example,
patterns might emerge from the data. Descriptive statistics do not, however, allow us to make
conclusions beyond the data we have analyzed or reach conclusions regarding any hypotheses we
might have made. They are simply a way to describe our data.
The central tendency of a distribution is an estimate of the "center" of a distribution of values. There
are three major types:
Mean: all values in a set of data are added together and divided by the number of values (N).
Median:...

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