Chapter 3 - Summarizing Data and Presenting the Results

Question 1

Descriptive Statistics

Answer 1

Measures that provides various ways of summarizing the data

Question 2

Bar Chart

Answer 2

Series of unconnected bars in a graph with height representing the frequency of cases in each category

Question 3

Pie Chart

Answer 3

A graphic circle in which each segment corresponds to the percentage of frequencies in each category (used with discrete data)

Question 4

Histogram

Answer 4

A series of bars connected in a sequence. The height of the bars represents the frequencies of the values (used with continuous data)

Question 5

Line Graph

Answer 5

A series of connected points; the distance of each point from the baseline of the graph represents the frequency of the values (used with continuous data)