PSYC 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frequency Distribution, Stellar Population, Ibm 7070

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2002
• Professor: Steven Carroll

Document Summary

This is an ordinal scale, because it is on an alphabetical order. An organised tabulation showing the number of individuals located in each category on a scale of measurement. Can be either a table ( news" example) or a graph (drink example) Frequency distributions always show two things: the categories that make up the scale, the frequency, or number of individuals, in each category. Timbits consumed during meetings by old office mate (per meeting over the course of 20. It must be inclusive of all possible scores (0-10) What does frequency" mean: the commonness" of occurrence. Based on a 1996 study of us college students. Average number of drinks per week by gpa. 9 per week= d/f student: ratio scale f. The x column is the scale of measurement, not the actual scores: the x column is like a ruler. It contains space enough for all possible raw scores in the sample.