Chapter 19: Quantitative Data Analysis: Making Sense of Descriptive Statistics.

Autor: Steinberg, Dominique Moyse
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Zdroj: Social Work Student's Research Handbook; 2004, p125-138, 14p
Abstrakt: Chapter 19 of the book "The Social Work Student's Research Handbook," by Dominique Moyse Steinberg is presented. According to the chapter, descriptive statistics are simply numbers that describe a researcher's quantitative findings in a visual nutshell through visuals such as tables, charts and graphs. Frequency tables are used to summarize the sample responded for each variable and often include other basic descriptive statistics such as central tendency and variability. Contingency tables are usually used to indicate the association between two variables.
Databáze: Supplemental Index