 |  How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e Jack R. Fraenkel,
San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen,
San Francisco State University
Statistics in Perspective
| Categorical data | Data that differ only in kind, not in amount or degree
| | | | | Correlation coefficient | A decimal number between .00 and +1.00 and –1.00 that indicates the degree to which two quantitative variables are related.
| | | | | Effect size | An index used to indicate the magnitude of an obtained result or relationship.
| | | | | Inferential statistics | Data analysis techniques for determining how likely it is that results based on a sample or samples are similar to results that would have been obtained for the entire population.
| | | | | Quantitative data | Data that differ in amount or degree, long a continuum from less to more.
| | | | | Scatterplot | The plot of points determined by the cross-tabulation of scores on coordinate axes; used to represent and illustrate the relationship between two quantitative variables.
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education