Foundations of Psychological Assessment
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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?

<p>The application of rules for assigning numbers to objects</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are statistics used in psychological assessment?

<p>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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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