Ch2

Question 1

Raw scores

Answer 1

Data that have not yet been transformed or analyzed

Question 2

Frequency distribution

Answer 2

Describes the pattern of a set of numbers by displaying a count or proportion for each possible value of a variable

Question 3

Frequency distribution

Answer 3

Describes the pattern of a set of numbers by displaying a count of proportion for each possible value of a variable

Question 4

Frequency table

Answer 4

Visual depiction of data that shows how often each value occurred

Question 5

Normal distribution

Answer 5

Is a specific frequency distribution that is a bell shaped symmetric univocal curve

Question 6

Skewed distribution

Answer 6

One of the tails of the distribution is pulled away from the center

Question 7

Positively skewed

Answer 7

The tail of the distribution extends to the right in a positive direction

Question 8

Floor effect

Answer 8

A situation in which a constraint prevents a variable from taking values below a certain point

Question 9

Floor effect

Answer 9

A situation in which a constraint prevents a variables from taking values below a certain point

Question 10

Negatively skewed

Answer 10

Distribution with a tail that extends to the left in a negative direction

Question 11

Ceiling effect

Answer 11

Situation in which a constraint prevents a variable from taking on values above given numbee

Question 12

Ceiling effect

Answer 12

a situation in which a constraint prevents a variable from taking on values above a given number