STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]

STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -

EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100%

CORRECT ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]




• Central Tendency - ✔✔The descriptive statistic that best represents the

center of a data set, the particular value that ll the other data seem to be

gathering around




• Mean - ✔✔The arithmetic average of a group of scores; calculated by

summing all the scores in a data set and then dividing this sum by the

total number of scores




• Statistic - ✔✔A number based on a sample taken from a population;

usually symbolized by Latin letters




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, • Parameter - ✔✔A number based on the whole population; usually

symbolized by Greek letters




• Median - ✔✔The middle score of all the scores in a sample when the

scores are arranged in ascending order; if there is no single middle score,

average the two middle scores




• Mode - ✔✔The most common score of all the scores in a sample




• Unimodal - ✔✔Distribution that has one mode, or most common score




• Bimodal - ✔✔Distribution that has two modes, or most common scores




• Multimodal - ✔✔Distribution that has more than two modes; or most

common scores




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