Complete the questions below. Be specific and provide examples when relevant.
Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines.
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Salkind (2014) describes statistics as a set of tools. How do behavioral scientists use those tools? |
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How would you use descriptive statistics to report the effectiveness of a baseball team? How would you use inferential statistics to report the effectiveness of a baseball team? In this example, what is the sample and what is the population? |
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What does a measure of central tendency tell us about a data set? Identify the three common measures of central tendency used in descriptive statistics and give an example of each. How do you calculate them? |
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What is variability in a data set? Identify three measures of variability used in descriptive statistics, explain how to calculate each, and give an example of each. |
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