Week 13

Question 1

ANalyzing quantiative data

Answer 1

• get the data
• prepare the data
• analyze it

Question 2

public micro-data

Answer 2

detailed records about individual people or households, allowing researchers and the public to conduct their own statistical analysis

Question 3

Quantitative History Studies

Answer 3

Typically treat societies, countries, economies, polities as units of
analysis

Question 4

steps to analyze data

Answer 4

• data prep
• descriptive statistics
• inferential statistics

Question 5

Conclusion validity

Answer 5

The extent to which conclusions or inferences regarding relationships
between the major variables in your research are warranted

Question 6

Descriptive Statistics

Answer 6

mean
median
mode

Question 7

The main data measures

Answer 7

• distribution
• central tendency
• the dispersion

Question 8

Frequency distribution

Answer 8

Lists possible values of variable and
number of times each occurs, graphed by histogram

Question 9

Type of distribution

Answer 9

• bell shaped
• skewed to the right
• skewed to the left
• others

Question 10

numerical descritions

Answer 10

sample size n

Question 11

mean

Answer 11

the averagem

Question 12

edian

Answer 12

the countermost scoure

Question 13

mode

Answer 13

the most frequently occuring score