{"id":877,"date":"2022-01-16T18:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/statspsych\/?post_type=chapter&p=877"},"modified":"2022-06-05T02:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:48:44","slug":"worksheet-2a","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/statspsych\/chapter\/worksheet-2a\/","title":{"raw":"Worksheet 2a.","rendered":"Worksheet 2a."},"content":{"raw":"These guided exercises will give you the opportunity to practice the techniques and apply the concepts you learned in Chapter 2a. You will need some paper, spreadsheet, or a tablet to work on the analyses.\r\n
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  1. If we surveyed students in the class regarding the number of hours they typically work in a week to generate a dataset, let's say we found that students reported the following number of work hours:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, 12, 12, 14, 15, 15, 18, 20, 20, 20, 20, 22, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40<\/p>\r\n\"\" \"\"\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"104\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"105\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"106\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"107\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n

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    1. Data collected from hospital records reveal that the age of first hospitalization for psychosis for a sample of patients are:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 23, 24, 28, 28, 29, 32, 37, 39<\/p>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"108\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"109\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"110\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"111\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n

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      1. The number of years of education for most members of the sample in the study psychosis onset were:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 15, 16<\/p>\r\n

        a. Find the mean and median for this dataset.<\/p>\r\n[h5p id=\"112\"]\r\n

        b. Why do the mean and median differ?<\/p>\r\n

        (HINT: Use a histogram to help you discern the shape of the distribution and how it might influence these measures).<\/p>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"113\"]","rendered":"

        These guided exercises will give you the opportunity to practice the techniques and apply the concepts you learned in Chapter 2a. You will need some paper, spreadsheet, or a tablet to work on the analyses.<\/p>\n

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        1. If we surveyed students in the class regarding the number of hours they typically work in a week to generate a dataset, let’s say we found that students reported the following number of work hours:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, 12, 12, 14, 15, 15, 18, 20, 20, 20, 20, 22, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40<\/p>\n

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