Module 8 - The Math of quantitative research

Question 1

is a scientific discipline that deals with the acquisition, organization, study, analysis, display, and interpretation of data

Answer 1

Statistics

Question 2

what is the 2 forms of statistics used by the researchers?

Answer 2

Descriptive and inferential statistics

Question 3

• determine if the hypothesis that we have formulated can be accepted or not
• allows the researchers to draw reliable conclusions about a larger population based on a small sample

Answer 3

Inferential statistics

Question 4

• deals with summarizing and describing the data
• it deals with the mean, median, and mode to indicate the center of the data

Answer 4

Descriptive statistics

Question 5

What is the 3 measures of central tendency?

Answer 5

Mean, median, and mode

Question 6

the average value found in a sample or
data set

Answer 6

Mean

Question 7

a number in statistics that tells us where the middle data set is

Answer 7

Median

Question 8

the most common or frequently number in the data set, also known as modal value

Answer 8

Mode

Question 9

test to determine if the surveys or the results of an experiment are significant

Answer 9

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test

Question 10

what are the 2 types of ANOVA test?

Answer 10

One-way and two-way

Question 11

(Types of ANOVA test)

has a 1 independent variables with two (2) levels

Answer 11

One-way

Question 12

(Types of ANOVA test)

has 2 independent variables and can have multiple levels

Answer 12

Two-way