PSYC 2020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.1: Level Of Measurement, Abscissa And Ordinate, Descriptive Statistics

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2020
• Professor: Alistair Mapp

Document Summary

Techniques for organizing data into tables and graphs so that an entire set of scores can be presented in a relatively simple display or illustration. Definition: a frequency distribution is an organized tabulation of the number of individuals located in each category on the scale of measurement. Job of descriptive statistics - to simplify the organization and presentation of data. - most common procedure for organizing a set of data is to place the scores in a frequency distribution. Proportions and percentages common are proportion and percentage. Describe the distribution of scores and can be incorporated into the table. the two most. Proportion measures the fraction of the total group that is associated with each score. Because proportions describe the frequency in relation to the total number, they are often called relative frequencies. Grouped frequency distribution tables scores rather than individual values. The result is called a grouped frequency table because we are presenting groups of.