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Question :
Explain what central tendency and variability are. In
your answer define what the mean, median, mode,
variance, and standard deviation are. What is the
difference between the descriptive standard
deviation and the unbiased estimate of the standard
deviation? When would you use the unbiased
estimate?
Student Answer:
Instructor
Explanation:
Measures of central tendency give the location of the
distribution
Mean The arithmetic average. It equals the sum of
the scores divided by the number of scores.
Median The middlemost score in a distribution.
Mode The most frequent score in a distribution.
Measures of variability tell how spread out the scores
are.
Range The highest score minus the lowest score.
Variance The standard deviation squared. It is the
sum of the squared deviations divided by the number
of scores.
Standard deviation -The square root of the variance.
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Question 2 Question :
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At
Home
70
60
88
70
Student Answer:
70
70
70
75
71
72
80
68
Instructor
Explanation:
Independent Living
At Home
Mean =
74.83
69.17
Median =
70.50
70.00
Mode =
70.00
70.00
Range =
20
15
Variance =
47.47
21.47
Standard deviation =
6.89
4.63
Unbiased estimate variance = 56.97
25.77
Unbiased estimate SD =
7.55
5.08
B. 2 pts.
The data for the elderly living at home are more representative of
the data because the standard deviation is smaller.
The mean scores for the Independent Living group are higher, but
the median scores for both groups are equal. The mean scores may
differ due to one very high score in the Independent Living group
and one relatively low score in the At Home group. The median
scores would make the best comparison and they indicate no
difference between the two groups in subjective well-being of the
two groups.
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Question 3 Question :
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Question 5 Question :
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4.
a. 72
b. 82
c. 78
d. 87
e. 71
Student Answer:
Instructor
Explanation:
* z = -1.5
* z = + 1.0
* z = 0.00
*z = +2.25
*z =-1.75
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Question 6 Question :
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= 82 and
Student Answer:
Instructor
Explanation:
* Probability = .0548
C. What is the probability of a score falling between
the raw scores of 83 and 87?
* Probability = .3218
D. The percentile rank of a score of 79.
Percentile = .1151
E. The percentile rank of a score of 89.
Percentile =. 9974
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Question 8 Question :
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questions below:
Mean
Standard
Deviation
Raw Scores
Juan
Lucinda
Spatial Ability
Test
80
6
Musical Ability
Test
74
3
Spatial Ability
82
86
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Question 9 Question :
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Graphs and tables are useful when examining data because you
need data first to do calculation. The graphs and tables can give
you an insight into the relationship between variables , what kind
of descriptive statistic is the right one to use to describe the data
and so on.
Graphs and tables allow you to examine the shape of
the distribution as well as the presence of outliers.
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Question 12 Question :
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Cooperation Skills
Training
103
104
105
110
98
97
120
124
114
108
101
96
102
112
108
Student Answer:
No Cooperation Skills
Training
100
96
94
85
82
98
101
102
85
88
82
101
98
98
94
Descriptive statistics for the the two variables are given below.
Cooperation Skills Training No Cooperation Skills Training
Mean 106.8 Mean 93.6 Standard Error 2.10938944 Standard
Error 1.869046 Median 105 Median 96 Mode 108 Mode 98
Standard Deviation 8.169630172 Standard Deviation 7.238784
Sample Variance 66.74285714 Sample Variance 52.4 Kurtosis
-0.015199963 Kurtosis -1.28997 Skewness 0.705539281
Skewness -0.57248 Range 28 Range 20 Minimum 96 Minimum
82 Maximum 124 Maximum 102 Sum 1602 Sum 1404 Count 15
Count 15 Mean is sum of all observations divided by total
number of observations. It is observed that the group with
Cooperation Skills Training has a higher average as compared to
the group with No Cooperation Skills Training. The median in an
ascending series is the value at which there are just as many
values less than it as there are greater than it. Here the group with
Cooperation Skills Training has a higher median as compared to
the group with No Cooperation Skills Training. Mode is the
number which occur maximum number of times. Here mode is
for the group with Cooperation Skills Training is 108 which are
higher as compared to mode is for the group with No Cooperation
Skills Training. The variance and the standard deviation are both
measures of the spread of the distribution about the mean. The
standard deviation measures how concentrated the data are
around the mean; the more concentrated, the smaller the standard
28
66.74
8.17
-.02
- 1.33
Skewness
0.71
- 0.42
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