2-3 Flashcards

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the listing and summarizing of data on a practical, 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 arrangment 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 mean to mean

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standard deviation

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describe the direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variability

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correlation coefficant

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numerical methods used to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether result were due to chance

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inferential statistics

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