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Learn about dispersion of a continuous variable in SPSS with data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (2012) /

This work introduces researchers to evaluating the dispersion, or spread, of observations for a continuous variable. The dispersion of observations on a variable provides researchers with knowledge of the range of values a variable takes on, which values are most common, and whether or not there are...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (associated with work.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications, 2015.
Subjects:
Analysis of variance.
Education, Higher > United States > Statistics.
Research > Statistical methods > Case studies.
Research > Statistical methods.
Variables (Mathematics)
Analysis of Variance
Analyse de variance.
Recherche > Méthodes statistiques > Études de cas.
Recherche > Méthodes statistiques.
Variables (Mathématiques)
Education, Higher.
United States.
Case studies.
Statistics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of the electronic book
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Summary:This work introduces researchers to evaluating the dispersion, or spread, of observations for a continuous variable. The dispersion of observations on a variable provides researchers with knowledge of the range of values a variable takes on, which values are most common, and whether or not there are any values that could be considered outliers. This example uses a subset of data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) at the National Center for Education Statistics, 2012, looking specifically at college graduation rates for men and women in the United States. Understanding the dispersion of graduation rates is important for evaluating the performance of colleges.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473937956
1473937957