PPT4DescriptiveStatistics.ppt

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After collecting data, researchers are faced with pages of unorganized numbers, stacks of survey responses, etc.
The goal of descriptive statistics is to aggregate the individual scores (datum) in a way that can be readily summarized
Following are several options that can be used to get a “picture” of how scores were distributed

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Car Sales by Year in Millions

Bar chart is a very simple graph to construct in which allows you to display the frequency counts or percentages of a categorical variable
It is particularly useful for categorical variables with 2 or more levels or categories
It is the most effective way to compare frequency counts or percentages graphically between the categories.
In a bar chart,

Horizontal axis  Levels or categories of the variable of interest (categorical)
Vertical axis  Frequency counts or percentage
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Useful in statistical analysis
Also excellent for huge quantities of data

Can show patterns otherwise invisible
Each point is plotted base on the corresponding pair of values of the observation.
It could be used to spot outliers or possible errors, however it is not always apparent.

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A graph in which the classes are marked on the horizontal axis and the class frequencies on the vertical axis.
The class frequencies are represented by the heights of the bars and the bars are drawn adjacent to each other.
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Report statistics and graphs depends on the types of variables of interest:

For continuous variables
N, mean, standard deviation, minimum maximum,
histograms, dot plots, box plots, scatter plots
For categorical variables
frequency counts, percentages
one-way tables, two-way tables
bar charts
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A frequency distribution displays the number (or percent) of individuals that obtained a particular score or fell in a particular category
As such, these tables provide a picture of where people respond across the range of the measurement scale
One goal is to determine where the majority of respondents were located

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Frequency

the number of individuals that obtained a particular score (or response)
Percent

The corresponding percentage of individuals that obtained a particular score
Cumulative Percent

The percentage of individuals that fell at or below a particular score (not relevant for nominal variables)
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Frequency distribution showing the pizza delivery time of employees from a restaurant

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The normal curve is often called the Gaussian distribution, after Carl Friedrich Gauss,), Gauss is acknowledged by Germany on the 10 Deutschmark bill.
From http://www.willamette.edu/~mjaneba/help/normalcurve.html

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A mathematical model or and an idealized conception of the form a distribution might have taken under certain circumstances.

Mean of any distribution has a Normal distribution (Central Limit Theorem)
Many observations (height of adults, weight ofchildren, intelligence) have Normal distributions
Shape

Bell shaped graph, most of data in middle
Symmetric, with mean, median and mode at same point
To indicate the spread of the distribution, we use the standard deviation (SD) around the mean as the unit.
±1SD around the mean  68% obs.
±2SD around the mean  95% obs.
±3SD around the mean  99.7% obs.
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(from http://www.music.miami.edu/research/statistics/normalcurve/images/normalCurve1.gif
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Theoretical construction
Also called Bell Curve or Gaussian Curve
Perfectly symmetrical normal distribution
The mean of a distribution is the midpoint of the curve
The tails of the curve are infinite
Mean of the curve = median = mode
The “area under the curve” is measured in standard deviations from the mean

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Whenever you see a normal curve, you should imagine the bar graph within it.
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If your data fits a normal distribution, approximately 68% of your subjects will fall within one standard deviation of the mean.
Over 99% of your subjects will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.
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When you have a subject’s raw score, you can use the mean and standard deviation to calculate his or her standardized score if the distribution of scores is normal. Standardized scores are useful when comparing a student’s performance across different tests, or when comparing students with each other. Your assignment for this unit involves calculating and using standardized scores.
z-score -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
T-score 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
IQ-score 65 70 85 100 115 130 145
SAT-score 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
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Normal distributions (bell shaped) are a family of distributions that have the same general shape. They are symmetric (the left side is an exact mirror of the right side) with scores more concentrated in the middle than in the tails. Examples of normal distributions are shown to the right. Notice that they differ in how spread out they are..
Pearson defines Kurtosis, = , as a measure of departure from normality in a paper published in Biometrika. A distribution is platykurtic if it is flatter than the corresponding normal curve and leptokurtic if it is more peaked than the normal curve.

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The mean and standard deviation are useful ways to describe a set of scores. If the scores are grouped closely together, they will have a smaller standard deviation than if they are spread farther apart.
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Small Standard Deviation
Large Standard Deviation
Different Means
Different Standard Deviations
Different Means
Same Standard Deviations
Same Means
Different Standard Deviations

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Data do not always form a normal distribution. When most of the scores are high, the distributions is not normal, but negatively (left) skewed.
Number of People with
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Skew refers to the tail of the distribution.
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Because the tail is on the negative (left) side of the graph, the distribution has a negative (left) skew.

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When most of the scores are low, the distributions is not normal, but positively (right) skewed.
Because the tail is on the positive (right) side of the graph, the distribution has a positive (right) skew.
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When data are skewed, they do not possess the characteristics of the normal curve (distribution). For example, 68% of the subjects do not fall within one standard deviation above or below the mean. The mean, mode, and median do not fall on the same score. The mode will still be represented by the highest point of the distribution, but the mean will be toward the side with the tail and the median will fall between the mode and mean.
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Negative or Left Skew Distribution

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Positive or Right Skew Distribution

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