Chapter 4

Question 1

Terminal Statistic

Answer 1

it does not give information that can be used for further calculations

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

the score that occurs most frequently

Question 3

Median

Answer 3

the score associated with the 50th percentile; important as a measure of central tendency (divides the data set in half, typical score)

Question 4

Mean

Answer 4

the statistical name for the arithmetic average; represented by a point on a continuous scale and may be expressed as an integer it a decimal value (most commonly used measure of central tendency)

Question 5

Central tendency

Answer 5

values that describe the middle, or central, characteristics of a set of data; measures provide important information that allows us to calculate the relationship of a given score to the middle scored of a data set

Question 6

Outliers

Answer 6

when one or more scores are considerably higher or lower than the other scores, the mean i’d pulled toward that extreme