alternative hypothesis
Overview page. Subjects: Psychology — Probability and Statistics.
The hypothesis, in a hypothesis test, that will be accepted if the null hypothesis is rejected. The term was introduced by Neyman and Egon Pearson in 1933.
Bayes theorem
Overview page. Subjects: Mathematics — Psychology.
A simple form of Bayes's theorem is , where A′ denotes the complementary event (see sample space) to the event A. For example, suppose a man has two coins in his pocket. One is unbiased,...
Bernoulli trial
Overview page. Subjects: Psychology — Mathematics.
In the theory of probability, any of a sequence of independent random experiments each of which has two possible outcomes, often labelled success (S) or failure (F), with unchanging...
biconditional
Overview page. Subjects: Psychology — Computing.
A logical statement combining two statements, truth values, or formulas P and Q in such a way that the outcome is true only if P and Q are both true or both false, as indicated in the table.
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calculate
Overview page. Subjects: Mathematics — Psychology.
To work out the value of a mathematical or arithmetical procedure, or the output of an algorithm.
CFF
Overview page. Subjects: Psychology — Computing.
Abbrev. for critical flicker fusion frequency.
CIE color model
Overview page. Subjects: Computing — Psychology.
A color model developed by the CIE and based on a standard observer whose color vision is representative of the human population having normal color vision. The first CIE color model was...
conservation of energy
Overview page. Subjects: Psychology — Mathematics.
When all the forces acting on a system are conservative forces, E k +E p = constant, where E null...
counterexample
Overview page. Subjects: Mathematics — Psychology.
Let p(x) be a mathematical sentence involving a symbol x, so that, when x is a particular element of some universal set, p(x) is a statement that is either true or false. What may be of...
cross-validation
Overview page. Subjects: Mathematics — Psychology.
