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| 97th percentile - scored higher than 97 percent of the group. |
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| "nominal" means name. So thiese variables are simply given descriptive names. Example: male, female, republican, democrat |
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| Imples order. Variables are arranged by order. Example: First, second, third |
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| Has an arbritrary zero. Example: Temperature |
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| order, intervals and a real zero. Example: age |
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| standard error of the mean |
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| calculates how 'off' the mean is |
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| the number in the middle of the set |
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| the most frequently occuring variable |
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| tells how the scores are spread out overall |
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| subtracts the lowest value from the highest value |
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| a distribution that is not linear or simple. Example: relationship between anxiety and performance. |
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| Pearson r correlation coefficient |
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| a way of numerically calculating and expressing correlations. -1 to +1 |
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