cmn 12y midterm questions n answers rated A+

cmn 12y midtermdata - correct answer a collection of information on a group of units outcome variable - correct answer the variable were interested in as an effect or result, also known as dependent variable things that are fixed characteristics are unlikely to be outcomes predictor variable - correct answer interested in as a cause also known as independent variable categorical variable - correct answer levels vary in quality or kind, levels do not overlap (are discrete) and are mutually exclusive, group labels or words, described in counts, percentages, and frequencies continuous variables - correct answer vary in quantity or amount, numbers along a scale or continuum, could theoretically take on any value, described with averages and standard deviations qualitative data - correct answer written descriptions, rich details, hard to summarize quantitative data - correct answer numbers or standardized categories, limited choices, easy to summarize variables (general) - correct answer any characteristic or quality that varies, something we measure or manipulate associative relationship - correct answer if we haven't manipulated the predictor we are describing an associative relationship design guidelines: color - correct answer use gradients or at least colors on same side of color wheel use color to emphasize important data dont use mulitple colors to represent same kind of data