Distribution Flashcards
1
Q
Describe a neutral distribution
A
- All measurements of central tendency are centered
- mode and mean score are centered in range
2
Q
Describe a left skewed distribution
A
- Mean is lower//less than mode
- tail is on left side
3
Q
Describe a right skewed distribution
A
- mean is higher/more than mode
- tail is on right side
4
Q
whats the mode
A
most common data to measure central tendency
5
Q
whats the mean
A
the average data value found by dividing total by amount of variables used to measure central tendency
6
Q
whats the median
A
Measure of middle value used to measure central tendency
7
Q
whats the range
A
The difference between highest and lowest score used to measure dispersion
8
Q
whats the standard deviation
A
measure of range from data values from mean, used as a measure of dispersion
