Statistical infrequency

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  • Created on: 22-05-17 14:16
  • E.g. Someone with OCD may wash their hands hundereds of times a day

Twenge et al. (2010):

  • Compared the scores of American college students on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inverntory (MMPI) over the decades from 1938-2007
  • It assesses psychiatric symptoms
  • They found an increase over the decades 
  • How abnormal something is depends on its infrequency; for…

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