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What is the purpose of descriptive statistics?
To provide a concise description of a collection of quantitative information
What are the two types of statistics commonly used in psychological assessment?
Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics
What is the purpose of inferential statistics?
To make inferences from observations of a small group of people to a larger group of individuals
What do scales of measurement pertain to?
The application of rules for assigning numbers to objects
Why are statistics used in psychological assessment?
To provide convenient summaries of data and allow evaluation of observations relative to others, and to make inferences about events that cannot be observed directly
Test your understanding of basic statistics and related concepts commonly used in psychological assessment with this quiz. Gain insight into how to make assessment data meaningful and useful through a solid grasp of these fundamental concepts.
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