Example Question:
5. The following data are from a nominal scale and represent the entire Population of fixlet scores. Thoroughly describe that data. [Note: Not looking for word descriptions but statistical descriptions using the descriptive statistical techniques you have learned that are appropriate for this type of data (check Week05 Review of Descriptive Statistics)].
25 |
21 |
25 |
14 |
25 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
25 |
25 |
35 |
35 |
14 |
25 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
14 |
35 |
35 |
21 |
14 |
25 |
78 |
|
Example Answer:
N = 24
Fixlet Score |
Freq |
Relative Freq. |
25 |
7 |
.2917 |
14 |
7 |
.2917 |
35 |
4 |
.1667 |
21 |
5 |
.2083 |
78 |
1 |
.0417 |
The data are bimodal with modes at 25 and 14
Example Explanation:
“Use a zero before the decimal point when numbers are less than 1.
0.23 cm, 0.48 s
Do not use a zero before a decimal fraction when the number cannot be greater than 1 (e.g., correlations, proportions, and levels of statistical significance.
r(24) = -.43, p < .05”