The Math of Quantitative Research

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and definitions related to statistics used in quantitative research.

Statistics

A scientific discipline that deals with the acquisition, organization, study, analysis, display, and interpretation of data.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistics that deals with summarizing and describing data, focusing on the center of data using mean, median, and mode.

Inferential Statistics

A form of statistics that allows researchers to draw reliable conclusions about a larger population based on a small sample.

Mean

The average value found in a data set, calculated as the sum of all values divided by the number of values.

Median

The middle value in a data set when arranged in ascending order.

Mode

The most common number in a data set, which may have one (unimodal), two (bimodal), or more modes (multimodal).

Measures of Central Tendency

Statistics that summarize a set of data by identifying the central point (mean, median, mode).

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical test to determine if the survey results are significant, used to assess the equality of means among groups.

One-Way ANOVA

A type of ANOVA with one independent variable that can have two levels.

Two-Way ANOVA

A type of ANOVA with two independent variables that can have multiple levels.