RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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It uses all of the data
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It can be used on nominal data
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It can be used on ordinal data
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Advantages of a mean: The most commonly used measures of central tendency so it is easy to calculate. It takes all values into account. Useful for comparison.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mean is used to summarize a data set. It is a measure of the center of a data set.
Detailed explanation-3: -Advantage of the mean: The mean can be used for both continuous and discrete numeric data. Limitations of the mean: The mean cannot be calculated for categorical data, as the values cannot be summed.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is important to detect outliers within a distribution, because they can alter the results of the data analysis. The mean is more sensitive to the existence of outliers than the median or mode.