C431 Quiz 3correctly answered 2022
C431 Quiz 3correctly answered 2022___ is the theory, procedures, and methodology by which data are summarized. Statistics ___ Non-numerical data in which each observation can be assigned to one unique category. Categorical ___ Data for which there are only two categories, such as true/false, right/wrong, or male/female. Binary ___ Data that are unordered and can be grouped into defined categories that are represented by a number. The number used is not of any given value; it is only an identifier. Nominal ___ Data that have an inherent relative difference in value, but the distance between the points is not definable. Ordinal ___ Data that are ordered, whose distance between each unit is equal, that have an arbitrary zero point, and can be added or subtracted by not multiplied or divided. Interval ___ Data that are ordered, whose distance between each unit is equal, that have a definable zero point, can be added, subtracted, multiplied or divided, and can take on any value within its intervals. Continuous or Ratio ___ is a set of attributes of each type of data, including: the distance between points, the presence of an absolute zero, and whether the points on the scale are ordered. Scale A Likert scale is an example of which type of data? Ordinal continuous Quantitative data categorical Qualitative data nominal Qualitative data interval Quantitative data ordinal Qualitative data ratio Quantitative data ___ make predictions about a population based on data drawn from a sample. Inferential statistics In a ___ the columns of values touch one another to indicate that the data are continuous. histogram . ___ is the accuracy of measurements. It is the degree to which an instrument measures what is it supposed to measure. Validity Considering the following figure (Figure 5-10) what is the best description of the distribution? (tail to the right) Right skew A ___ displays frequencies of qualitative data. bar graph A distribution in which the mean and median are associated with significantly different values should be analyzed using ___. non-parametric statistics ___ data are usually analyzed using non-parametric statistical tests. Qualitative ___ is a procedure through which non-normal data are converted into another form that has a normal distribution. Transformation of data . The following three measures are used to describe the ___ of a distribution: (1) mean; (2) median; and, (3) mode. central tendency
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