Statistics Review

Question 1

Descriptive Statistics

Answer 1

Describe Characteristics of populations or samples

Question 2

Inferential Statistics

Answer 2

Make Inferences about whole populations from a sample

Question 3

Sample Statistics

Answer 3

Variables in a sample or measures computed from sample date

Question 4

Frequency Distributions

Answer 4

A set of data organized by sumarizing the number of times a particular value of a variable occurs

Question 5

Percentage Distribution

Answer 5

A frequency distribution organized into a table that summarizes percentage values associated with particular values of a variable.

Question 6

Probability

Answer 6

the long-run relative frequency with which an event will occur

Question 7

Proportion

Answer 7

the percentage of elements that meet some criterion

Question 8

Top-Box Scores

Answer 8

Proportion of respondents who chose the most positive choice in a multiple choice question

Question 9

Measures of central tendency

Answer 9

A single score that summarizes the typical or average score in a sample.

Question 10

Mode goes with what type of survey question?

Answer 10

Nominal

Question 11

Median goes with what type of survey question?

Answer 11

Ordinal

Question 12

Mean goes with what type of survey question?

Answer 12

Interval, Ratio

Question 13

deviation scores

Answer 13

Indicate how far any observation is from the mean