Descriptive Statistics

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What are Descriptive Statistics?
Numbers or graphs that summarise a set of sample data.
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What are Inferential Statistics?
Methods used to reach conclusions about populations based on samples and probability.
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What are the Levels of Measurement?
Nominal, Ordinal, Ratio and Interval.
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What are Statistical Methods?
They make assumptions about what type of data you've got.
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What is the Measure of Central Tendency?
The mean sum of scores divided by number of scores.
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What is Variance?
Tells us how far a set of scores are spread out from their average value. - mean (Average distance from the mean). Only suitable for ratio/interval data.
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What is Standard Deviation?
A measure of average scores about the mean, the average deviation from the mean. (Small SD - less spread about the mean, Large SD - more spread about the mean).
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How do you calculate the variance & standard deviation?
Find the mean, do variance table, calculate variance and then find SD.
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