introductory psychology: statistics
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lecture 2 from a college level introduction to psychology course taught Fall 2011 by Brian J. Piper, Ph.D. ([email protected]) at Willamette University, crash course in descriptive and inferential statistics, includes scatterplots, correlation, mean, SD/SEM, effect sizeTRANSCRIPT
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Statistics
Brian J. Piper, Ph.D.
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Mark Twain (?)
• There are three types of lies, lies, damn lies, and statistics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics
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Goals
• Levels of measurement• Group comparisons (t)• Association (scatterplot/r)• Effect-size (d)
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Levels of Measurement
• Nominal: categorical, example: sex• Ratio: quantitative, example: age• Ordinal: ranking, example: self-report
– Strongly disagree = 1– Disagree = 2– Neutral = 3– Agree = 4– Strongly agree = 5– S.D.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------S.A.
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What do these countries have in common?
• Liberia• Burma• United States
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Metric SystemUnit Symbol Factor
tera T 1 x 1012
giga G 1 x 109
kilo K 1 x 103
--- -- 1
centi c 1 x 10-2
milli m 1 x 10-3
micro μ 1 x 10-6
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DataSex Height
(m)Weight
(kg)
Sex Height (m)
Weight
(kg)
Female 2.0 60 Male 2.5 80
Female 1.9 58 Male 2.3 76
Female 1.8 56 Male 2.1 74
Female 1.7 54 Male 2.0 73
Female 1.6 52 Male 1.8 72
Female 1.5 50 Male 1.7 70
Female 1.4 48 Male 1.6 68
Female 1.3 46 Male 1.5 65
Female 1.6 57 Male 2 50
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Sex Height (m)
Weight
(kg)
Sex Height (m)
Weight
(kg)
Female 2.0 60 Male 2.5 80
Female 1.9 58 Male 2.3 76
Female 1.8 56 Male 2.1 74
Female 1.7 54 Male 2.0 73
Female 1.6 52 Male 1.8 72
Female 1.5 50 Male 1.7 70
Female 1.4 48 Male 1.6 68
Female 1.3 46 Male 1.5 65
Female 1.6 57 Male 2 50Average 1.64 53.4 1.94 69.8
Mean (or average) = Sum (X) /N where N is the # of scores
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Variability
• Variability: how much scores differ, on average, from mean– Variance = Sum (X – Mean)2 /N– Standard Deviation (SD) = √Variance– Standard Error of Mean (SEM) = SD / √ N
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Group Comparisons I
• Are women lighter then men?– P = probability value
if p < .05 therefore statistically “significant”– t test = (MeanMales - MeanFemales) / SEM
– t = 4.97, p = .0001
malefemale
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IGH
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Group Comparisons II
• Do men have a higher IQ then women?• T is the measure of variability (e.g. S.E.M.)
A. Sample Size = 40
Men (N = 20) Women (N=20)0
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IQ
B. Sample Size = 4,000
Men (N = 2000) Women (N=2000)0
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IQ
C. Sample Size = 4,000 ( * p < .05).
Men (N = 2000) Women (N=2000)90
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IQ
A finding with a * refers to a “statistically significant” finding, e.g. men > women
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Error Bars Example 2
Batterham et al. New England Journal of Medicine, 349, 941-948.
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1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0HEIGHT_F
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WE
IGH
T_F
Scatterplots
1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6HEIGHT_M
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IGH
T_M
ALEOutlier? ->
Outlier? ->
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Positive Association
Study Hours Score
3 80
5 90
2 75
6 80
7 90
1 50
2 65
7 85
1 40
7 100
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Negative Association
Variable A
Variable B
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Standardized “Z” Scores
• Z is a #• Z = 0 therefore average• Z > 0 therefore above average• Z < 0 therefore below average
• Z = (X – Mean) / SD• Z = (600 – 500) / 100
= 1.0
3.1
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• r: quantifies relationship between two variables (e.g. x & y)• No association: r = 0.00 (C)• Positive association: r > 0.00 (A B)• Negative association: r < 0.00 (DE)• Strong association: A E, Weak association: B D
A B C
DE
r = Sum(Zx * Zy)/ N
3.6
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ProbabilityFrequency Blue Brown
+ 2 10
- 999,998 999,990
Probability
Blue Brown
+ .000002 .000010
- .999998 .99999BrainCancer
Eyes Eyes
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Risk
• Absolute Risk: Rate of condition/total population studied, e.g. .000002 or .000010
• Relative Risk: Rate of condition among group A divided by rate of condition among group B– .000010 = 5.0
________.0000002
.0002% or .0010%
3.2
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Effect-Size
• Procedure used to summarize the magnitude of group differences.– Cohen’s d = (MeanA – MeanB) / SD
• d = 0.20 small effect size• d = 0.50 medium effect size• d = 0.80 large effect size
4.3
Can be averaged for multiple studies (meta-analysis).
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SummaryGoal Intuition Test
Difference in means
Bar Graphs with SEM
“t-test”
Relationship between variables (ratio x ratio)
Scatterplot Correlation “r”
Summarize many studies
Read papers Effect size “Cohen’s d”