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Chapter 10 Descriptive Statistics
Numbers
– One tool for collecting data about communication phenomena
– Capture quality, intensity, value, or degree – Only meaningful if they are interpreted
Operationalizations specify how data are collected and become numerical
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Looking at a Dataset
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Normal Curve
Also known as bell curve
A theoretical distribution of scores
– Majority of cases distributed around the peak in the middle
– Progressively fewer cases moving away form the middle
– Symmetrical – one side mirrors the other
– Mean, median, and mode have the same value
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Normal Curve
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Skewed Distributions
Curve is asymmetrical
Positively skewed curve – very few high scores
Negatively skewed curve – very few low scores
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