Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA direct-entry method, the computer must be preprogrammed to accept the information. Optical scan.G ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA EXAMPLE BOX 1 Example of Dealing with Data distribution with nominal-, ordinal-, interval-, or rat ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA FIGURE 2 Examples of Univariate Statistics RAW COUNT FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FREQUENCY D ...

Skewed distribution A dispersion of cases among the categories of a variable that is not normal, that is, not a bell shape; inst ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA lowest. If most cases have higher scores with a few extreme low scores, the mean will be the lowes ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA Percentile A measure of dispersion for one variable that indicates the percentage of cases at or b ...

FIGURE 4 The Standard Deviation STEPS IN COMPUTING THE STANDARD DEVIATION Compute the mean. Subtract the mean from each score. ...

EXPANSION BOX 1 Calculating Z-Scores Personally, I do not like the formula for z-scores, which is: Z-score (Score – Mean)/Stand ...

Linear relationship An association between two variables that is positive or negative across the levels of variables; when plott ...

CHART 1 Graphing Accurately The pattern in graph A shows drastic change. A steep drop in 1990 is followed by rapid recovery and ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA curvilinear relationshipmeans that the center of a maze of cases would form a U curve, right side ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA Contingency table A summary format of the cross- tabulation of two or more variables showing bivar ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA EXAMPLE BOX 2 Raw Data and Frequency Distributions COMPOUND FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION: AGE GROUP AND ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA FIGURE 6 Age Group by Attitude about Changing the Drinking Age, Raw Count Table RAW COUNT TABLE (a ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA those who are under 30, 76.9 percent agree. From the row percentages, you learn that a little over ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA researchers place the independent variable on the column and percentage by column, but a large min ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA nominal variable categories; then calculate the mean for the cases in each variable category from ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA EXPANSION BOX 2 Gamma Gamma is a comparatively simple statistic that mea- sures the strength of an ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA (77 + 50)) + (190 x 50) = 23310 + 10300 +11811 + 9500 = 54921 concordant pairs. Also (19 x (93 + 1 ...

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA TABLE 4 Five Measures of Association Step 1: Calculate the mean and standard deviation for each va ...