Review Notes Part TWO (PSY3213)
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MeliBrown2323 on April 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CON OF MODE? | Low information (doesn't take into account any other values in the distribution of scores) |
| PRO OF MODE? | Most useful when dealing with nominal data |
| CON OF MEDIAN? | Does not take into account the magnitude of other scores |
| PRO OF MEDIAN? | May be more representative when there are a few scores that are much higher or lower than the others (outliers) |
| CON OF MEAN? | takes into account MAGNITIDE of scores (makes it susceptible to outliers) |
| PRO OF MEAN? | Most common |
| Main effect? | the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable averaging across the levels of any other independent variables. |
| Between-subjects design? | The comparison is between two or more different groups of subjects |
| within-subject design? | changes within the same subject on different occasions. In a within-subjects design, each subject serves as his or her own control or standard of comparison |
| Main effect means | P-value is less than .05 (significant) |
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