Analyzing and Interpreting Data for Decisions

Four measurement ​ (a)   of scales:​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​

• Nominal
• Ordinal
• Interval
• Ratio
• Data
• interviews
• respondents
• qualitative

Central Tendency and Dispersion Measures:​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• mode
• median
• mean
• math
• numbers
• storys

Dispersion measures of nominal:​ (a)  

• Mode
• median
• mean
• Standard deviation

Dispersion measures of ordinal:​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• mode
• median
• geometric
• harmonic
• research
• focus group

Dispersion measures of interval:​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• mode
• median
• mean
• standard deviation
• frequency
• distributions
• statistics

Dispersion measures of ratio:​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

• mode
• median
• mean
• standard deviation
• geometric and harmonic mean
• analytical
• Cross-Tabulations

The most frequently occurring
response.​ (a)  

• mode
• business
• research
• in-depth interviews
• ethics

The response that separates the top half of response frequencies from
the bottom half of response frequencies.​ (a)  

• median
• interval
• ratio
• problem solving

The average of the responses ​ (a)   computed by summing all responses and
dividing by the number of responses.

• mean
• Causal relationships
• Statistical
• variable

Covers a large number of techniques, statistical programs, and processes that can be applied to the
results generated by the data collection ​ (a)  

• Data Analysis
• Data Summary Plan
• Frequency Distributions
• mixed methods