Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential concepts for research methods and statistics in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have in order to engage in the more challenging activities of discussing, … Read More
Understanding Significance and P-values
In this video I explain the concept of significance and how it relates to both effect size, sample size, and the law of large numbers. The role of a p-value in describing the likelihood of data is explained with an emphasis on avoiding misinterpretation or confusing low p-value with support … Read More
What is Statistical Significance?
Statistical significance is an important concept for understanding when conclusions can (or can not) be drawn from psychological research. Significance can be calculated in a number of different ways depending on the type of data we have collected, and calculations are based on the number of participants in our sample, … Read More