14 & 16
Across
- 2. a type of distribution that that impose order on raw data
- 3. instruments ability to identify noncases correctly
- 4. refers to the number of peaks
- 6. all instruments measuring the same attribute
- 7. involves assigning numbers to objects to represent the amount of an attribute
- 9. a common method of displaying frequency information graphically
- 11. distance between the highest and the lowest points
- 12. is the arithmetic average of all scores
- 13. a statistic used when a small number of categories is desired
- 15. one of two primary criteria of assessing an instrument
- 18. is the point above which and below which 50% of the cases fall
- 20. the degree to which an instrument measures what it is suppose to measure
- 21. how spread out the data are
Down
- 1. bond between two variables with interrelated variation
- 5. ability to differentiate the construct being measured from others
- 8. statistics that enables researchers to summarize and and describe quantitative data
- 10. extent to which an instrument yields the same results as repeated administrations
- 14. instrument's ability to identify a case correctly
- 16. a descriptive statistic that describes relationship between two variables
- 17. is the value that occurs most frequently
- 19. distribution that has two mirror image halves