[SOC SCI 10A] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (15 pages long!)
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Scanned by camscanner: many statements in science are generalizations, the most interesting answers are the unsolved ones. 2. 1 raw data and frequency distributions: raw data- list of all the scores the different cases got on the variable that was measured. The number of cases is represented by n Frequency distributions- lists all possible scores on the variable and for each score a frequency that indicates how many cases got that score. Proportions and percent measure the same thing but on different scales. The horizontal axis represents a set of possible scores on one variable. The vertical axis represents how many cases got a particular score. Bar graphs are used to display nominal/ qualitative data. 2. 3 histograms and frequency polygons: continuous data-numerical data where every pair of possible scores has another possible score between them (height, weight, temperature, speed, discrete numerical data-numerical data that is not continuous(counts/ranks) In histograms the vertical axis represents the frequency of each score.
