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,
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From: Ken Rosenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:30 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: stats
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
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is true, not P(H0 | data), the probability that the nullis true
given the data.
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From:
David
Campbell
To:
Teaching in the Psychological
Sciences
Sent:
Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:23 PM
Subject:
Re: Question about stats in intro texts
Colleagues:
Some introductory psychology textbooks include a pretty detailed
explanation of descriptive and inferential statisticsin the chapter
devoted to research methods (others may include it but place it in the
appendix). I never teach this material, as I am of the opinion that usually
Thanks for all the helpful responses so far. I am sharing these with a
couple of colleagues. I hope this will not be a problem for anyone. Let me know
if it is.
Nancy Melucci
LBCC
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obtained assuming the null is true, not P(H0 |
data), the probability that the nullis true given the
data.
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From:
David Campbell
To: Teaching in the Psychological
Sciences
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:23
PM
Subject: Re: Question about stats
