Chapter 15 Statistical Evaluation Of Data
Descriptive Statistics - correct answer โโStatistical methods used to organize, summarize, and simplify
the results obtained from research studies.
Inferential Statistics - correct answer โโStatistical methods used to determine when it is appropriate to
generalize the results from a sample to an entire population.
Statistic - correct answer โโA summary value that describes a sample.
Parameter - correct answer โโA summary value that describes a population.
Central Tendency - correct answer โโA statistical measure that identifies a single score that defines the
center of a distribution. It provides a representative value for the entire group.
Mean - correct answer โโA measure of central tendency obtained by adding the individual scores and
dividing the sum by te number of scores.
Median - correct answer โโA measure of central tendency that identifies the score that divides the
distribution in half so that 50% of the individuals have scores at or below the median.
Mode - correct answer โโA measure of central tendency that identifies the most frequently occurring
score in the distribution.
Variability - correct answer โโA measure of the size of the spread of score in a distribution.
Variance - correct answer โโA measure of variability obtained by computing the average squared
distance from the mean.
