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Quiz 4
Z scores, normal curve, sampling
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Graduate
10/06/2014

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Mode
Definition
This form of central tendency is not stable
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MODE
Definition
This form of central tendency does not clearly represent a central mark
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Mode
Definition
Score which has occurred the highest number of times in a set of data.
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MEDIAN
Definition
Score which comes in the middle of the list when we have listed the data from lowest to highest.
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Mode
Definition
Does not use all information in the scores. It is not always representative of the other scores in the data.
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Mode
Definition
This form of central tendency is not affected by outliers.
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Mode
Definition
Changing scores in the data would likely not affect this form of central tendency.
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MEAN
Definition
This mode of central data is an average score of the data.
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Standard Score
Definition
The position of a score with a distribution of scores
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Standard Score
Definition
Provides a measure of how many standard deviation units a specific score falls above or below the mean.
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Standard Score
Definition
Also referred to as a z-score.
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Standard Normal Distribution
Definition
Has a mean of 0 and standard Deviation of 1
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Normally distribution
Definition
Determined by measuring the degree of the a skew
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Symmetrical
Definition
A normal distribution is symmetircal
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Symmetrical Distribution
Definition
Symmetrical distribution has a symmetrical distribution.
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Posititively skewed
Definition
Tail is on the right.
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Negatively skewed
Definition
Tail is to the left
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skew
Definition
degree of symmetry in a distribution.
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kurtosis
Definition
Degree to which a distribution differs from the bell-shaped normal distribution in terms of its peakness.
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Probability Values Ranges
Definition
0-1
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Probability of 0 indicates
Definition
an event will never occur
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Probability of 1
Definition
indicates it will always occur
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Percentage
Definition
Probability x 100
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Random Sample
Definition
Each member of population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample.
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Opportunity Sample
Definition
Select an available sample (i.e.) University students. that is not necessarily random.
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Statistic
Definition
Refers to Sample population
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Parmeter
Definition
Refers to the entire population
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Parametric Tests
Definition
Statistical tests that use the characteristics (parameters) of populations or estimates of them.
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