WEEK 4

Course Project Worksheet - Measures of Variability. NOTE! MOCK PROJECT- Cookson, P. W., Jr., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2021).Building equitable school communities for students living in poverty. Harvard Educational ReviewT

Continue to build your course project/mock study by practicing calculating measures of variability. Understanding data variability is important in assessing how spread out data is in the overall distribution. Variability is useful in descriptive as well as inferential statistics.

CompletetheCourse Project Worksheet - Measures of Variability.

Referto the following resources for help with this assignment:

• Descriptive Statistics in Excel Video
• Measures of Variability in Excel

Using Figure 4.7, How to Choose a Measure of Variation, on p. 164 of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, determine the correct measure of variability based on the levels of measurement for your variables from Week 1 and complete the following worksheet.

Independent Variable 1

Justification: (State the measure of variation chosen and why.)

[Enter your response here.]

Level of Measurement: (List the level of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.)

[Enter your response here.]

Measure of Variation Table:

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Summary of Table Results: (Summarize the table results.)

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Independent Variable 2

Justification: (State the measure of variation chosen and why.)

[Enter your response here.]

Level of Measurement: (List the level of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.)

[Enter your response here.]

Measure of Variation Table:

[Paste the Measure of Variation Table here.]

Summary of Table Results: (Summarize the table results.)

[Enter your response here.]

Dependent Variable

Justification: (State the measure of variation chosen and why.)

[Enter your response here.]

Level of Measurement: (List the level of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.)

[Enter your response here.]

Measure of Variation Table:

[Paste the Measure of Variation Table here.]

Summary of Table Results: (Summarize the table results.)

[Enter your response here.]

References

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