Quantitative Research

Which research question below is not answerable by Descriptive Statistics?

• Prevalence of a Phenomenon

• Prediction or Relationships

• Central Tendency

• Dispersion

What are examples of Categorical Data?

What are examples of Continuous Data?

What is the description of each central measure of tendency respectively: Mean, Median, Mode?

• Average, Middle Range, Most Possible Value

• Average, Most Frequent Value, Middle Value

• Average, Middle Value, Most Frequent Value

• Average Range, Middle Range, Most Frequent Scores Range

What type of data is Age Range?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

I would like to know how many students in my class use public transportation to go to school. What kind of descriptive statistic should I use to represent my data?

• Mode

• Proportion

• Percentage

• Frequency

I would like to know how many students in my class use public transportation in relation to those who use private transportation to go to school. What kind of descriptive statistic should I use to represent my data?

• Mode

• Proportion

• Percentage

• Frequency

I would like to know if the majority of my students in the same section use public transportation to go to school. What kind of descriptive statistic should I use to represent my data?

• Mode

• Proportion

• Percentage

• Frequency

I would like to know how many of my students answered "4-Always" to the question "how often do you use public transportation to go to school?" What kind of descriptive statistic should I use to represent my data?

• Mode

• Proportion

• Percentage

• Frequency

I would like to know if the student's use of public transportation is linked to academic performance. What type of statistic should I use?

• Chi-square

• Correlation

• Regression

• Path Analysis