PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS 1

is the set of all the individuals of interest in a

particular study.

• POPULATION

• SAMPLE

• STATISTICS

• PARAMETER

is a value, usually a numerical value, that describes

a population.

• POPULATION

• SAMPLE

• PARAMETER

• STATISTIC

a set of individuals selected from a population,

• POPULATION

• SAMPLE

• PARAMETER

• STATISTIC

is a value, usually a numerical value, that describes a

sample.

• PARAMETER

• SAMPLE

• POPULATION

• STATISTIC

is a characteristic or condition that changes or has different

values for different individuals.

• POPULATION

• VALUES

• VARIABLE

• STATISTICS

Possible number or category a value can have, i.e 1.00 - 5.00,

Male/Female

• STATISTIC

• VARIABLE

• POPULATION

• VALUES

a particular sample’s value on a variable.

• SCORE

• VALUES

• STATISTIC

• VARIABLE

measurements or observations.

• SCORE

• DATA

• VARIABLE

• DATUM

is a collection of measurements or observations.

• DATUM

• DATA

• VALUES

• DATA SET

single measurement or observation and is

commonly called a score or raw score.

• DATA

• SCORE

• DATUM

• VALUES