Research Methodology 2

1. Descriptive statistics are used to ___________ and ___________ data.

2. The measure of central tendency that represents the most frequently occurring value in a data set is called the ___________.

3. The measure of central tendency that represents the average value of a data set is called the ___________.

1. Range is a measure of variability that calculates the ___________ between the highest and lowest scores in a data set.

2. Standard deviation is a measure of variability that indicates the ___________ of scores around the mean.

3. Variance is the square of the ___________.

1. Inferential statistics are used to make ___________ about a population based on sample data.

2. The level of significance, denoted by alpha (α), determines the ___________ at which a result is considered statistically significant.

3. A p-value is used to determine the ___________ of a statistical result.

1. A research hypothesis is a statement that predicts the ___________ between variables.