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Unit 1 - Descriptive Statistics Flashcards

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1
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What are the measures of central tendency?

A

Mean, Median, Mode.

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How is the mean calculated?

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Add all numbers together, divide by number of participants.

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How is the median calculated?

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Middle number, put numbers into order ranging from lowest to highest, choose middle.

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How is the mode calculated?

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Most occurring.

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What is a strength of the mean?

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Accurate average, and takes into account all the scores.

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What is a weakness of the mean?

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Outlier scores can skew the mean to not reflect most participants.

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What is a strength of the median?

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Not affected by outlier scores, so results will not be skewed.

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What is a weakness of the median?

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Does not take into account all scores.

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What is a strength of the mode?

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Can be used for non-numerical data.

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What is a weakness of the mode?

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Impossible to calculate if all data is different, or the may be more than one mode.

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What are the measures of dispersion?

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Range, Variance, Standard Deviation.

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12
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How is the range calculated?

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Largest score minus smallest score.

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How is the variance calculated?

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For each condition, calculate the mean. Within each, subtract each participant’s score from the mean for that condition (‘d’ difference). Then square each ‘d’ score (d^2). Then add all d2 scores together to get Ed2, then subtract by n-1.

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How is standard deviation calculated?

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Square root of variance.

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What is a strength of range?

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Quick and easy to calculate.

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What is a weakness of range?

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Data can be skewed by outliers, only takes into account top and bottom values.

17
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What is a strength of variance?

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Takes into account all values, less likely to be affected by outliers.

18
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What is a weakness of variance?

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Only takes into account the squared values, not original units the data was first in.

19
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What is a strength of SD?

A

Takes into account all data, expressed in same unit as original.

20
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What is a weakness of SD?

A

Time consuming and more difficult to calculate than range.

21
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How to convert fractions to a percentage?

A

Divide top of fraction by bottom, multiply by 100.

22
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How to convert a percentage to a fraction?

A

Write percentage over 100, simply fraction, if not a whole number, multiply top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point.

23
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How to find actual number of a percentage of an amount?

A

Divide amount by 100 and multiply by percentage.

24
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How to find actual number represented by fraction of an amount?

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Divide amount by the denominator (bottom) and multiply by numerator (top)

25
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What is a frequency table?

A

A way of presenting data - tally chart. WHEN = observation

HOW = tally of behaviour

26
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What is a line graph and when and how is it used?

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Shows behaviour changes over time. Includes X and Y axis, labelled.

27
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What, when and how do you use a pie chart?

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Works well with nominal data, enables researcher to present percentages, includes labels and titles. WHEN = observation
HOW = percentage converted into decimal (divide by 100), 360 multiplied by decimal to calculate the degree.

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What, when and how do you use a bar chart?

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Conveys information about frequencies through height of the bar.
WHEN = experiments
HOW = (1 mark) data plotted accurately, (1 mark) detailed title, (1 mark) both axis labelled (y axis - mean rating) (x axis - what you’re measuring), (1 mark) mentioning mean rating, y axis must start at 0, bars must be spread apart.

29
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What, when and how do you use a histogram?

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Conveys information about frequencies through area of the bar, used with continuous data, emphasised by the category width. 0< x < 2 (time), frequency (number of people), time (class width), frequency / class width (frequency density). WHEN = experiments
HOW = title, axis labelled, bars touching, area represents frequency, unusual class width.
30
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When and how are scatter graphs used?

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WHEN = correlations
HOW = pattern and strength. ‘uphill’ = positive correlation, ‘downhill’ = negative correlation, ‘spread apart’ = no correlation.
31
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How are ratios calculated?

A

= divide the amount of by total number of parts and then multiply by the original ratio.

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