Behavioral Sciences STAT (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)
Behavioral Sciences STAT (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)
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ISBN: 9781285458144
Author: Gary Heiman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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What does a larger measure of variability communicate about: (a) the size of differences among the scores in a distribution? (b) how consistently the participants behaved? (c) how spread out the distribution is?

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The larger measure of variability communicate about the size of differences among the scores in a distribution.

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The distance between the two points is also the distance between them. The big measure of variability indicates that the difference between the score is big.

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The consistently behaved of participants.

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Consistency can be taken in contrast to reversibility. A big measure of variability indicates that there is less consistency in the data.

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The spread of the distribution.

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The boundary of the difference determines the spread of data. The big measure of variability indicates that the data is more spreading.

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