TIPSters:
It's an old idea, but perhaps worth mentioning in response to this thread
about teaching some statistics in intro. I use the analogy of a criminal
court proceeding for which the evidence is circumstantial rather than
physical. The null hypothesis is that the defendant is not guilty,
I have also compared the difference between a criminal trial's beyond a
reasonable doubt standard and a civil trial's preponderance of the
evidence to being something analogous to the difference between a .05 and a
.50 alpha level.
Rick
Dr. Rick Froman
Associate Professor of Psychology
John
Hi TIPSters!
Grading research methods exams this morning. Came across a unique
definition I thought you'd enjoy:
Define: Double-Blind Experiment
Student wrote: when both the experimenter and the participant are not
exposed to any levels of the IV. This helps lessen any demand
characteristics
I once did include a multiple choice question on averages, I do mention
briefly the idea of stat. significance, but otherwise do not cover any
stats stuff in intro. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
