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what is psychology ?
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its the study of mental behavior- mind & body problem
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what are the goals of science?
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--> application
-->prediction --> understanding & theory |
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what is theory
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proposed explanations of observed facts and their explanations
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what are measures of central tendency?
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mean, median, & mode
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what is the entire group that we are studying and trying to understand?
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population
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process of drawing a sample when everyone has an equal opportunity?
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random sample
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what is a hypothesis?
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a testable propositon concerning the relationships btw two or more variables
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what is anything that can have more than one value? an example is gender or age
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variable
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where do hypoths come from?
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theories
previous studies informal observations applied problems |
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What is a statistic that tells us about strength?
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correlation coefficient
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