Descriptive Measures

Question 1

identifies the center of the data

Answer 1

central tendency

Question 2

the average of the data

Answer 2

mean

Question 3

the middle value in the data

Answer 3

median

Question 4

the data that occurs the most

Answer 4

mode

Question 5

identifies the relative location of data

Answer 5

location

Question 6

smallest value in the data

Answer 6

minimum

Question 7

largest value in the data

Answer 7

maximum

Question 8

numerical measure of relativity to the data set

Answer 8

percentile

Question 9

identifies the spread of data

Answer 9

variation

Question 10

difference between the maximum and the minimum

Answer 10

range

Question 11

variation of data relative to mean

Answer 11

variance

Question 12

square root of the variance

Answer 12

standard deviation

Question 13

measure of relative variation

Answer 13

coefficient of variation

Question 14

formula for coefficient of variation

Answer 14

SD/Mean x 100%

Question 15

measures departure from symmetry

Answer 15

skewness

Question 16

measures peakedness or flatness

Answer 16

kurtosis

Question 17

kurtosis equal to 0

Answer 17

mesokurtic

Question 18

kurtosis greater than 0

Answer 18

leptokurtic

Question 19

kurtosis less than 0

Answer 19

platykurtic