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The listing and summarizing of data in a principal, efficient way

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Descriptive statistics

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The branch of mathematics concerned with summarizing and making meaningful inferences from collections of data

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Statistics

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An arrangement of data that indicates how often a particular score or observation occurs

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Frequency distribution

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A graph of frequency distribution shaped like a symmetrical, bell shaped curve, a graph of normally distributed data

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Normal curve

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A number that describes something about the average score of a distribution

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Central tendency

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A measure of difference or spread of data

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Variability

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A measure of variability that describes an average distance of every score from the mean

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Standard deviation

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Describes the direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variables

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Correlation coefficient

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Numerical methods used to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether results were due to chance

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Inferential statistics

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