M7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Learning Targets

8-1 Explain why we need statistics in psychology and in everyday life.

8-2 Describe descriptive statistics.

8-3 Explain how we describe data using the three measures of central tendency.

8-4 Discuss the relative usefulness of the two measures of variation.

8-5 Describe inferential statistics.

8-6 Explain how we determine whether an observed difference can be generalized to other populations