chapter 15 - statistics Flashcards
1
Q
_________ summarize a set of data, measure central tendency, measure of variability, correlation and regression.
A
descriptive statistics
2
Q
Inferential statistics help us to draw conclusions about _______.
A
populations
3
Q
which kind of statistics help us answer this question:
is the difference between the means of two samples due to sampling error?
A
inferential statistics
4
Q
the common average refers to the _____, which you can find by adding all of the scores, and then dividing by the number of scores
A
mean
5
Q
median refers to the _________
A
middlemost score in the distribution
6
Q
the _____ refers to the most common score in a frequency distribution
A
mode
