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UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTION AND CORRELATION. SCALES OF MEASUREMENT: A REVIEW. Nominal No numerical, quantitative properties Levels represent different categories or groups Ordinal – minimal quantitative distinctions Order the levels from lowest to highest Interval – quantitative properties
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SCALES OF MEASUREMENT: A REVIEW • Nominal • No numerical, quantitative properties • Levels represent different categories or groups • Ordinal – minimal quantitative distinctions • Order the levels from lowest to highest • Interval – quantitative properties • Intervals between levels are equal in size • Can be summarized using means • No absolute zero • Ratio – detailed quantitative properties • Equal intervals • Absolute zero • Can be summarized using mean
ANALYZING THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS • Three basic ways of describing the results: 1. Comparing Group Percentage 2. Correlating Individual Scores 3. Comparing Group Means
ANALYZING THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS • Comparing Group Means Treatment group Waitlist group 4 7 3 8 6 5 2 6 5 9 . S= 20 S= 35 M= 4 M= 7
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS • Graphing Frequency Distributions • Pie charts • Bar graphs • Frequency polygons • Histograms
Histogram 5 4 Model group Frequency 3 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 Scores on Aggressive Measure
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS • Central Tendency • Mean (X) • Found by adding all the scores and dividing by the number of scores • Indicates central tendency with interval or ratio scales • Median (Mdn) • Score that divides the group in half (with 50% scoring below and 50% scoring above the median) • Indicates central tendency with ordinal, interval, and ratio scales • Mode • Most frequent score • Indicates central tendency with all scales including nominal scales
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS • Variability – the amount of spread in the distribution of scores • Standard deviation = (s) (SD) in reports • Square root of the variance • Range • Difference between highest and lowest score • Variance (s²)