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Learn about dispersion of a continuous variable in SPSS with data from the World DataBank (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.
Research > Statistical methods > Case studies.
Research > Statistical methods.
Unemployment > Statistics.
Variables (Mathematics)
Analyse de variance.
Recherche > Méthodes statistiques > Études de cas.
Recherche > Méthodes statistiques.
Variables (Mathématiques)
Unemployment.
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 World Bank's DataBank online tool. It looks specifically at the unemployment rate across countries in 2012. Understanding the dispersion of unemployment is important for evaluating how countries might formulate employment policies.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473937628
1473937620