Statistics and Behavioral Sciences: An Introduction to Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

LESSON ONE PART ONE: Statistics and Behavioral Sciences

Explain the importance of statistics in psychology.

STATISTICS

The term statistics refers to a set of mathematical procedures for organizing, summarizing, and interpreting information.

Organizing information: for example, by gender, section through population.

Summarize: straight summarization.

Interpret information: you need to interpret the information provided.