Measures of Variability

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What is the primary purpose of measures of central tendency?

  • To describe the typical respondent or response (correct)
  • To describe the spread of the data
  • To calculate the mode of a dataset
  • To visualize the diversity of respondents

Which measure of central tendency is defined as the value that occurs most often in a dataset?

  • Median
  • Mode (correct)
  • Standard Deviation
  • Mean

What is the main focus of measures of variability?

  • Visualizing the frequency distribution of a dataset
  • Calculating the mean of a dataset
  • Depicting the typical difference between values in a set (correct)
  • Describing the typical respondent or response

What is a frequency distribution?

<p>A tabulation of the number of times each value appears in a dataset (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of dividing the frequency of each value by the total number of observations?

<p>A percentage distribution (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many measures of variability are mentioned in the text?

<p>3 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of measures of variability?

<p>To visualize the diversity of respondents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

<p>Standard Deviation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of hypothesis testing?

<p>To compare sample statistics to hypothesized parameter values (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a confidence interval?

<p>A range of values within which a population parameter is likely to lie (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the standard error of a statistic?

<p>A measure of variability in the sampling distribution (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a sample statistic?

<p>A mean or percentage calculated from a sample (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of parameter estimation?

<p>To estimate a population parameter using confidence intervals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three values used in parameter estimation?

<p>Sample statistic, standard error, and desired level of confidence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a population parameter?

<p>A value that describes a characteristic of a population (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between a sample statistic and a population parameter?

<p>A sample statistic is used to estimate a population parameter (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of statistical inference?

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What is the term for the distance between the lowest and highest values in a dataset?

<p>Range (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the set of values that a population parameter can take?

<p>Confidence interval (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a sample statistic and a population parameter?

<p>A sample statistic is a value calculated from a sample, and a population parameter is a value that describes the population (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the standard deviation in a dataset?

<p>To indicate the degree of variation or diversity in a dataset (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of using sample data to make conclusions about a population?

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What is the term for a value calculated from a sample that is used to estimate a population parameter?

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What is the term for a value that describes a population?

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Study Notes

Descriptive Analysis

  • Two sets of measures are used to describe the information obtained in a sample: measures of central tendency and measures of variability.
  • Measures of central tendency describe the "typical" respondent or response.
  • Measures of variability describe how similar (dissimilar) respondents or responses are to (from) "typical" respondents or responses.

Measures of Central Tendency

  • Mode: the value that occurs most often in a string of numbers.
  • Median: the value whose occurrence lies in the middle of an ordered set of values.
  • Mean (or average): a measure of central tendency.

Measures of Variability

  • All measures of variability are concerned with depicting the "typical" difference between the values in a set of values.
  • There are three measures of variability: frequency distribution, range, and standard deviation.
  • Frequency distribution: a tabulation of the number of times that each different value appears in a particular set of values.
  • Range: identifies the distance between the lowest value (minimum) and the highest value (maximum) in an ordered set of values.
  • Standard deviation: indicates the degree of variation or diversity in the values in such a way as to be translatable into a normal or bell-shaped curve distribution.

Reporting Scale Data

  • Example Scale Variables Table: a table used to report scale data.

Reporting Nominal or Categorical Data

  • Sample Nominal or Categorical Variable Table: a table used to report nominal or categorical data.

Statistical Inference

  • Statistics are sample values.
  • Parameters are corresponding population values.
  • Statistical inference is the set of procedures used to estimate population parameters from sample statistics.

Types of Statistical Inference

  • Parameter estimation: used to approximate a parameter using confidence intervals.
  • Hypothesis testing: used to compare sample statistics to hypothesized parameter values.

Parameter Estimation

  • Parameter estimation is the process of using sample information to compute an interval that describes the range of a parameter.
  • It involves the use of three values: the sample statistic, the standard error of the statistic, and the desired level of confidence.

Statistical Inference: Sample Statistics and Population Parameters

  • A sample statistic is usually a mean or percentage.
  • Standard error is the measure of variability in the sampling distribution.
  • A confidence interval is the degree of accuracy desired by the researcher stated in the form of a range with an upper and lower boundary.

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