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statistics - Answers collection of procedures and processes to enable researchers in the unviased pursuit
of knowledge
statistics - Answers tool kit for researchers in the planning, analyzing, and interpreting the results of his
investigation
information - Answers data+analysis
universe - Answers set of all entities under the study
variable - Answers characteristic of interest
population - Answers set of all possible values of the variable
sample - Answers subset of the population
continuous - Answers equal increments
ordinal/rank - Answers in order but not equal (likert)
categorical - Answers names
nominal - Answers gender, zip codes, occupation, ethnicity
ordinal - Answers job position, social class
interval - Answers temperature, intelligence quotient
ratio - Answers age, waist line, head circumference, pulse rate, height
mean - Answers cases distributed symmetrically about the mean
standard deviation - Answers extent of spread of data around the mean
outliers - Answers area beyond two standard deviations above the mean
descriptive statistics - Answers used to describe a mass of data in a clear, concise, and informative way;
includes collecting, organizing, summarizing, and presenting data
measure of location - Answers minimum, maximum
central tendency (mean, median, mode)
percentiles, deciles, quartiles
, measure of dispersion - Answers range
variance
standard deviation
coefficient of variation
measurement of skewness - Answers degree of departure from symmetry
positively skewed - Answers to the left
negatively skewed - Answers to the right
description - Answers cannot have statistical significance; not being compared to anything; estimate of
reality; estimate has a measure of dispersion
inferential statistics - Answers concerned with making generalization about the characteristic of a larger
set where only a part is examined; includes making inferences, hypothesis testing, and determining
relationships
population - Answers the group you want to generalize to
sampling frame - Answers list where you can draw your sample
sample - Answers actual units selected for observations
convenience sampling
quota sampling
expert sampling
snowball sampling - Answers non-probability sampling method
purposive sampling - Answers selecting subjects or participants of the studies based on specific purpose,
not randomly
snowball sampling - Answers prospective participants of the study were already interviewed for the
topic and the study
convenience sampling - Answers most easily accessible and willing to participate
simple random sampling
stratified random sampling
systematic random sampling