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Midterm Flashcards

1
Q

NOIR?

A

Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio

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2
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Nominal?

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Differences among the response categories

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Ordinal?

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Differences among the response categories that can be ranked or ordered

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Interval?

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Differences among the response categories that can be rank ordered and have the exact amount of space between each response category

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5
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Ratio?

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Differences among the response categories that can be rank ordered and have the same exact amount of space between each response category and has a zero reference point

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6
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Categorical/Discrete variables?

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Nominal and Ordinal

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7
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Interval/Ratio

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Continuous/Scale

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8
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Likert Scale?

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Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree

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9
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3 types of error?

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Measurement, Sampling, Random

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10
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Letter?

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Placeholder for numbers

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11
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Descriptive Stats?

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Used to describe basic patterns within data

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12
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Hypothesis?

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Statement of presumed relationship among two or more variables

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13
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Inferential Stats?

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Used to make inferences about a population based on info that is contained within a sample

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14
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Frequency Distribution?

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A listing of all observed scores for each category of a variable conducted for: organization of data, present data in the table of a graphic, catches coding errors

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15
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x=?

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Variable

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16
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f=?

A

Frequency

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17
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p=?

A

Proportional Frequency

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18
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%=?

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percentage Frequency

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19
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c%=?

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Cumulative Frequency Frequency

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20
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N=?

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Population Size

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21
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n=?

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Sample Size

22
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Mode?

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Most often occurring value or category in a distribution of values or categories

23
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Median?

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Middle score in a ranked distribution of scores or values

24
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Mean?

A

Average of all values for a variable

25
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Outlier?

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Extremely large score or small score in a distributions of values for a variable

26
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Skew?

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Distortion of data in a positive or negative direction

27
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Variability?

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Indicator of how much a set of data are spread out or are clustered together

28
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Range?

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Distance between largest and smallest score and the distribution of values or scores

29
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Percentile?

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Desired division outpoint in a distribution of scores and values

30
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Standard Deviation?

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Average amount of any given value or score in a distribution of values or scores will deviate from the mean

31
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Degrees of freedom formula?

32
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Population?

A

Total group of people being studied

33
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Sample?

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Smaller number of people drawn from the population

34
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Probability?

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Likelihood that a given event will occur with enough trials

35
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Four rules of probability?

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Addition, Joint Occurrence, Multiplication, Act of Replacement

36
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Addition rule?

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The probability for alternate events is equal to the sum of probabilities of the individual events. (this or that)

37
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Joint Occurrence rule?

A

If you want this or that are they linked or exclusive

38
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Multiplication rule?

A

Probability of the compound event equals to the multiple of the probabilities of the separate events. (this or then)

39
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Act of Replacement rule?

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Account for whether each compound event is done with replacement locks the odds; without replacement alters the odds

40
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Gambler’s Fallacy?

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A string of bad luck will eventually turn good

41
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P-value?

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Likelihood that a statistical result would have been obtained by chance alone

42
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Statistical Signifigance?

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If p value is less than .05

43
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Independant Variable?

44
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Dependent Variable?

45
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Parsimony?

A

Explaining most amount of things with the least amount of words

46
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Tautology?

A

Statement that is true by definition

47
Q

Nominal Example?

A

Blood type, race, eye color

48
Q

Ordinal Example?

A

Education level, Income level, Satisfaction rating

49
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Interval Example?

A

Temperature, IQ test, GPA

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Ratio Example?

A

Height, Weight, Crime rate

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