1.12 Research Methods - Presentation Of Data, Distribution Graphs

Question 1

The four types of graphical display are

Answer 1

Bar Charts, Histogram, Line Graph, and Scatter Graph

Question 2

What is a bar chart best for representing?

Answer 2

Data that is divided into catego

Question 3

What is a histogram best for representing?

Answer 3

Frequency distribution

Question 4

What is a line graph best for representing?

Answer 4

Continuous Data

Question 5

What is a scatter graph best for representing?

Answer 5

The relationship between co-variables and for correlations

Question 6

Normal Distribution

Answer 6

Symmetrical spread of frequency data forming a bell shaped pattern, the mean median and mode are all at the peak, and most people’s scores are in the middle

Question 7

Positive Skew

Answer 7

Majority of scores located on the left of the graph so the mode is on the left. In this case people’s scores are not equally distributed possibly due to a very hard test for example

Question 8

Negative Skew

Answer 8

Bulk of the results are on the right of the graph so the mode is on the right and most people’s scores were on the right hand of the scale, possibly due to a very easy test for example