PSYC 300A Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Exploratory Data Analysis, Cumulative Frequency Analysis, Level Of Measurement

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 300A
• Professor: David Medler

Document Summary

2nd column frequency (# of times it appears: acts as the dv of the table because it depends on the score, allows to easily determine mode. Apa general physical layout (a) title on top - number tables in the order of their presentation & a description, including names of the iv & Example of apa table formatting with multiple iv"s (2) stem-and-leaf displays: easy to construct & compare the data between 2 distributions. Created by turkey for exploratory data analysis. Stem: leading digits or most signi cant digits. Leaf: trailing digits or least signi cant digits (stem) (cid:18990)(cid:18991) (leaf) Allows us to see the shape of the distribution while preserving original data. Can break stems down into smaller widths: 1 = stem for the numbers 10-19, 1(0) = stem for the numbers 10-14, 1(5) = stem for the numbers 15-19 (3) graphic gures: show the shape of a distribution. Easier to present info for 2 or more ivs.