1. Welcome to MM570 Applied Statistics for Psychology
Unit 1 Seminar
Dr. Bob Lockwood

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3. Seminar Outline Welcome!
My Contact Information
Syllabus Highlights
Discussion

4. Instructor Contact Information
Instructor: Robert E. Lockwood [Dr. Bob]
Office hours are by appointment. We can meet using Google Chat, on the phone or in a seminar room.
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5. Syllabus Highlights
All learning activities for a unit are due by Tuesday 11:59 pm ET.
Late penalties Projects: 2% per day late Discussion Threads: 10% per week late
All late assignments due by: 11:59 pm ET Sunday ending Week 10

6. The Two Branches of Statistical Methods
Descriptive statistics
Summarize/organize scores from a research study
Inferential statistics
Draw conclusions/make inferences that go beyond the scores from a research study

7. Basic Concepts Variable Value Score
A characteristic that can have different values
Value
A possible number or category that a score can have
Score
A particular person’s value on a variable

8. Levels of Measurement Numeric (quantitative) variables
Equal-interval [SPSS Scale] variables (Interval and Ratio)
e.g., GPA
Rank-order (Ordinal) variables
e.g., class rank
Categorical (qualitative) variables
e.g., gender (Nominal)

9. A Frequency Table
8, 7, 4, 10, 8, 6, 8, 9, 9, 7, 3, 7, 6, 5, 0, 9, 10, 7, 7, 3, 6, 7, 5, 2, 1, 6, 7, 10, 8, 8

10. Grouped Frequency Table
A frequency table that uses intervals

11. Frequency Histogram [page 11]

12. Shapes of Frequency Distributions

13. Symmetrical and Skewed Distributions

14. Controversies and Limitations of Graphs
Failure to use equal interval sizes
Exaggeration of proportions

15. Using SPSS Frequency Table

16. SPSS Frequency Table 1

17. SPSS Frequency Table 2

18. Creating Histograms in SPSS (Continuous Data)

19. SPSS Histogram 1

20. SPSS Histogram 2

21. Creating Bar Charts in SPSS (Discrete Data)

22. SPSS Bar Graph 1

23. SPSS Bar Graph 2

24. Questions??