Oh shit. I got nicked big time. 83% for research methods.
Obviously I slacked.
I think I will reflect further soon.
Not much to say right now. This needs to sink in.
Monthly Archive for June, 2010
So yesterday I had a nice talk with RW. A few points to highlight:
I need to open up myself more and allow others to paint with their paint brushes on my canvas.
Doing so will allow myself, as an individual, to be perceived three-dimensionally.
I woke up at 7 this morning to watch the England – Slovakia game. It’s 9:30 and feeling slightly sleepy. Go
Wow I am up early today. It’s 4:26 AM and I’m up and about watching the Korean Korea – Portugal match. Go!
Well it’s Saturday, June the 20th.
I’ve completed the exam today!! Woohoo! I prompted celebrated this occasion by watching BBC Make a New Face, Life, Human Body, and Anatomy. That was fun. Don’t have to think about that course now.
Now. Have I completed the goals that I set off to create some time ago? Sigh… Moving forward.
Statistics are used to
- Describe data
- Make inferences about population
- Once statistics are in, it is helpful to construct frequency distribution
- There are different ways to graph data
- Pie chart good for nominal data with limited number of scores
- Bar graphs are used for nominal or ordinal data, with height of bar representing frequency (categorical)
- Frequency polygon for internal and ratio-scale data
- Histogram uses bars to display internal and ratio-scale data since scale values are continuous
- Can see where or how people responded and can see outliers
- Not how we present findings in psychology – avoid frequency distributions in lab reports