SOCL 2201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frequency Distribution, Multiple Choice, Blic
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Multiple choice, short answer, make a table or fill in missing values, show work for partial credit. Percentage distribution- table showing the percent of observations falling into each category of the variable (ie table ordinal variable) (ie table interval/ratio variable) Cumulative raw distribution- cumulative b/c each category builds onto the previous category listed, only ordinal and interval/ ratio variables (ie table) Median- the score that divides the distribution into two equal parts so that half the cases are above it and half below it. Mean- a measure of central tendency that is obtained by adding up all the scores and dividing by the total number of scores, it is the arithmetic average. Mode- category or score with the highest frequency pr percentage in the distribution (nominal variables) Find the median with the cum percentage distribution for ordinal variables, median=50% percentile also will have to look for the 20th and 70th percentile (ie table)
