Exam 14: How Do Researchers Develop Deductive Findings Quantitative Data Analysis

Describe the iterative nature of quantitative analysis. How does this iterative nature shape the findings achieved in quantitative data analysis?

An outlier is an extreme high value in a distribution of scores with the potential to distort the mean and the range

For which type of variable can measures of dispersion be calculated?

Explain the standard deviation in your own words. Why would a researcher analyze the standard deviation in their data?

It is appropriate to calculate the median for a variable regardless of the level of measurement.

The percentage column in a frequency table should add up to ____________.

What is the level of measurement for the following variable? Racial identity measured with the respondent selecting from the following categories: white/Caucasian; black/African American; Latino/a/x; Asian American/Pacific Islander; Native American/Indigenous; Other

The process of examining, processing, and organizing data to gather information and develop conclusions from it is known as statistical tools.

Research shows that people who attend religious services more regularly are more resistant to becoming involved in interracial relationships. How did Perry study this and what did he find? What were some of his suggestions about how to better understand this relationship?

Tools used to describe and interpret the key features of a data set is called _____________.

The degree of variability of values in a sample is called ___________.

Univariate analysis is the simplest form of quantitative analysis and focuses on one variable at a time.

The simplest form of quantitative analysis is _________________.

____________ is the process of examining, processing, and organizing data to gather information and develop conclusions.

What are measures of dispersion and how are they different from measures of central tendency in terms of what we learn from them?

The way that a variable is measured determines what type of statistical analysis can be used.

In a pie chart, the height of each bar represents the number of people in each category.

Elder and Greene's bivariate analysis of gender and support for marijuana legalization found that men were more liberal than women on most of the measures indicating support for legalization.

Choose a variable that could be measured at different levels of measurement. Explain how the variable would work at the nominal, ordinal, and interval-ratio level.

The sum of all numbers in a distribution divided by the total number of scores is called the ___________.