Social Statistics

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Has a basic unit of measurement cant be sub-divided
Discrete
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\# of people
Discrete Example
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Whole integers
Discrete Example
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Infinitely sub-divided
Continuous
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Time
Continuous Example
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Codes
Nominal Examples
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Non-mathematical
Nominal Examples
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Rank Order
Ordinal Examples
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Opinion Surveys
Ordinal Example
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Don’t know the distance between
Ordinal Examples
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Difference constant
Interval Example
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0 is arbitrary
Interval Example
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Range + 1
Interval Width
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F/N x 100
Percentage & Distribution
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Stated limits
Interval-Ratio Graph
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Midpoints
Interval-Ratio Graph
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Frequency polygons
Midpoints Graph
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Histograms
Real Limits Graph
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\# of cases in 1st category
F1
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\# of cases in 2nd category
F2
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F1/F2
How to Find Ratio
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\# of accidents/ pop
Rates
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\# of deaths/pop x 1000
Crude Death Rate
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\# of occurrences/ pop x 100,000
Theft Rates
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Discrete
Pie Charts are
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Discrete
Bar Charts are
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Real limits
Histograms Include
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Discrete & continuous
Histograms are
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midpoints
Line Charts include
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High-low or low-high
Median
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N+1/2
Median Odd
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Gives case #
Why N+1/2
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N/2
Median Even
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Gives 1st case #
Why N/2
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Nominal
Use Mode
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Ordinal
Use Median
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Interval-ratio
Use Mean