PR2.......... Flashcards
where the statistical analyses of the gathered data are found.
The Results Section
Describes the average value
of a variable
Mean
Describes the middle response
Median
Describes the most commonly occuring response
Mode
Describes the distance between the highest and lowest score
Range
Describes how dispersed the data points are about the mean
Standard Deviation
Describes the percentage of participants with scores at or below a particular score
Percentile Rank
Describes the relative standing of a score in relation to all the other scores
z score
To test for a difference
between two groups
t test
To test for a difference
among two groups that
are nonparametric
Mann Whitney (U)
To test for a relationship between two variables
Pearson Correlation (r)