01:830:200 Lecture 25: 00396-QNTTV+MTHDS+IN+PSYCH-2016-01-26

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:200
• Professor: Kilanski

Document Summary

Iq score, lsat score, act score where you stand compared to others who took the exam with you: level of measurement variable: nominal because you either recidivated or not. This is a nominal variable because they are mutually characterized and it is exclusive variable and ordinal because they are in order. The y- axis is always how many times the frequently used variable. The x-axis is an indication of the used variable. This is positive because the tail is toward the high side. You will never see the average or mean in- come but only the median. Measure: mode ( most used), median( is not affected by other numbers) , mean ( one re- ally high score or really low score can change the curve influenced by really high or lower numbers) The best measure of central tendency ( describes the entire distribution) is the median not influenced by really high or really low numbers)