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quantitative research

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describes phenomena in NUMBERS, it’s objective and specific

2
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qualitative research

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describes phenomena in words and relies on a collection of NON-NUMERIC data

3
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mean, arithmetic

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the result obtained by adding all of the values in a set of data and dividing by the number of items that were added

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median

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to put values in numerical order, then find the middle value

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mode

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in a set of data, the value of the most frequently occurring variable

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retrospective research

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examines information that already exists

7
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standard deviation

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take the square root of a variance

8
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variance

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take each value then subtract mean from it