Psychologists want to be able to do two things with the data they collect.The first is to summarize the information from a study or experiment.To do this they use _________.

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Descriptive statistics are used to summarize and describe the main features of a data set. This includes measures such as mean, median, mode, and range. Inferential statistics, on the other hand, are used to make inferences about a population based on a sample, and require a level of statistical significance. The standard deviation is a common measure of variability in a data set, but is not a method for summarizing data. Conformational statistics is not a recognized term in statistics.

Psychologists Want to Be Able to Do Two Things with the Data