Descriptive Statistics.ppt

Descriptive Statistics The farthest most people ever get Descriptive Statistics Descriptive Statistics are Used by Researchers to Report on Populations and Samples In Sociology: Summary descriptions of measurements (variables) taken about a group of people By Summarizing Information, Descriptive Statistics Speed Up and Simplify Comprehension of a Group’s Characteristics Sample vs. Population Descriptive Statistics Class A--IQs of 13 Students 102 115 128 109 131 89 98 106 140 119 93 97 110 Class B--IQs of 13 Students 127 162 131 103 96 111 80 109 93 87 120 105 109