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Data Analysis
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17
Science
Not Applicable
10/06/2005

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Term
Variation
Definition
Statistic that describes how spread out the values in data set are.
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Central Tendency
Definition
The value that is most typical of a set of data
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Continuous Data
Definition
Measurement or count data for which all possible values exist wheather tested or not.
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Discrete Data
Definition
Data that exists in catergories that are separate and do not overlap.
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Interval Data
Definition
Measurement made using a scale with equal intervals, but no absolute zero.
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Mean
Definition
The average of the data.
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Median
Definition
The central value in a set of data.
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Mode
Definition
The most typical or central value of a set of qualitative data.
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Nominal Data
Definition
Data for a series of discrete catergories for which there is not a basis for rank ordering.
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Ordinal Data
Definition
Data collected for catergories that can be rank ordered.
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Qualitative Data
Definition
Information gathered using scales without equeal intervals or zero points.
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Quantitative Data
Definition
Information gathered from counts or measurements using scales having equal sized intervals.
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Range
Definition
A measure of how a set of measurements or counts is spread out.
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Ratio Data
Definition
Quantitative data with equal intervals and or an absolute zero.
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Bar Graph
Definition
a pictorial display of a set of data using bars to indicate the value, amount, or size of the dependent variable.
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Line Graph
Definition
A pictorial display of data that can be drawn when the data for both variables are continuous.
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Variance
Definition
The average squared distance from the mean.
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