PSY 325 PSY325 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DATA ANALYSIS - ASHFORD
Ashford PSY 325 Week 1 Assignment Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis
Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis [WLOs: 1, 3] [CLOs: 2, 3, 5]. Due by Day 7. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in your course textbook, Chapter 3 in the Jarman e-book, the Week 1 Instructor Guidance, and review the Module 2: Describing Data video and the Khan Academy video on Interquartile Range (IQR). Also, complete the Week 1 learning activity and Week 1 weekly review.
This exercise requires the use of a descriptive statistics calculator. You can find this tool in some versions of Excel (as part of the Analysis ToolPak) or you can use one of the many free online descriptive calculators such as the Descriptive Statistics Calculator by Calculator Soup.
Your instructor will post an announcement with the data set for your Week 1 assignment.
First, use either Excel or the Calculator Soup descriptive statistics calculator to calculate the descriptive statistics for the given data set. This is explained in Chapter 1 of your course text.
You should get an output similar to the image in Figure 1.3 from your textbook. This output must contain the following values: mean, standard error, median, mode, standard deviation, sample variance, kurtosis, skewness, range, minimum, maximum, sum, and count.
Next, begin writing your paper by reporting your results for each of the values listed above.
Include the data set, the output from the analysis, and the answers to the following questions:
• Evaluate the measures of central tendency. Address the following when completing this component:
o Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate based on the data type?
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