Exam 4: Summarizing Scores With Measures of Variability

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Find and SX2S_{X}^{2} SX2S_{X}^{2} SXS_{X} SXS_{X} for the following data set.8, 7, 2, 4, 4, 8, 2, 4, 6, 5, 7, 3, 9, 4, 5, 4, 7

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The term variability is most opposite to

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June has obtained a sample of 150 people from their school records about their career aptitude.She has calculated ΣX2\Sigma X^{2} = 867 and (X)2\left(\sum X\right)^{2} = 38,427.Calculate the sample standard deviation for these data.

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The greater the variability, the more spread out the scores are around the

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If you see the notation (ΣX)2(\Sigma X)^{2} , you should

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Suppose you scored an 80 on a measure where the mean is 65 and the standard deviation is 5.How many standard deviations from the mean is your score?

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Find for the scores in the following frequency distribution. SX2S_{X}^{2}  Find for the scores in the following frequency distribution.  S_{X}^{2}

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Mr.Johnson has collected data from 100 people assessing their attitudes toward a recent referendum.He has calculated ΣX2\Sigma X^{2} = 470 and (ΣX)(\Sigma X) = 150.Calculate the estimated population standard deviation for his data.

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If the sample standard deviation (SX)\left(S_{X}\right) for a set of data with N = 6 is found to be 3.17, then what is the sample variance SX2S_{X}^{2} ?

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Which of the following is not viewed as a measure of variability?

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Frankie has data from a sample of 45 people analyzing their knowledge about cholesterol.He has calculated = 600 and ΣX2\Sigma X^{2} (ΣX)(\Sigma X) = 90.Calculate the sample standard deviation for these data.

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If you see the notation X2\sum X^{2} , you should

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To determine the range, we simply

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A cognitive psychologist found the mean recall of information increased consistently as the extent to which the participants elaborated on the material none, minimal, extensive) changed.Also, the standard deviation for each condition was small.What does this suggest about the relationship between the amount of elaboration and recall?

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Suppose you have the following scores: 4, 3, 5, 5, and 2.What is the squared sum of X?

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A group of 10 students participated in a study of nutritional awareness.What is the sample standard deviation (SX)\left(S_{X}\right) of their scores? 20, 19, 22, 20, 15, 18, 15, 21, 19, 20

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As with measures of centrality, the selection of a measure of variability should be based on

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Suppose the sample variance and N both equal 10.What is the sample standard deviation?

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The variance can never be

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If a sample has a small standard deviation, we can say the scores in the sample are

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