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Statistics
Final Exam Study
8
Psychology
Graduate
04/29/2008

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Term
Nominal
Definition
Classify or categrize individuals. Each score does not actually indicate an amount; rather, it is used for identification. When you see nominal, think name.
Term
Ordinal
Definition
Scores indicate rank order---anything akin to 1st, 2nd, 3rd....is ordinal.
Term
Interval  
Definition
Actual quantity. An equal amount separates any adjacent scores. For interval scores remember equal intervals between them.
Term
Ratio
Definition
A variable with a true zero point.
Term
Continuous Scale
Definition
Allows for fractional amounts; it continues between the whole-number amounts.
Term
Mean 
Definition
Arithmetic Mean....add all scores and divide by number of scores.
Term
Median
Definition
The score that falls in the middle.....calculate by aligning scores from highest to lowest and pick score that falls in the middle
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Mode
Definition
The score that occurs most frequently...remember, it is possible to have a bimodal or multimodal distribution.
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