POL242Y1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Standard Deviation, Negative Relationship, Kurtosis
24 Nov 2013
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Social research-systemetic observations are surverys expiriments and field research, understanding patterns. Cross tab brings together 2 indicators for variable row: dependent variable. % calculated respondents in cell/total respondents for column. Nominal: no rank in order, categories are mutally exclusive. Mean: adding all values anddividing sum by number of cases. Differences in averages between two variables (ordinal and nominal) Differences in variation between ordinal as well as interval variables: no nessesary variation between mean and standard. Cramers v: nominal and nominal or ordinal (can have more then 2. Recoded: rearrange order to make sequence value smore intuitive (low to high) . 2-. 25 moderate . 4 - . 5 worriescome +. 5 redundent must be properly coded. ordinal variables first increases second decreases. Kendals" tau: like and different ordered pairs of cases, strength between two. Bluge: cell that has disproportional high column percentage (ordinal values. As first variable increases so does second, if negative means as.
