Presentation of quantitative data

Question 1

What are the 4 main ways of presenting quantitative data?

Answer 1

• Table
• Bar chart
• Histogram
• Scattergram

Question 2

What are the types of distribution?

Answer 2

• Normal
• Positive skewed
• Negative skewed

Question 3

What is normal distribution?

Answer 3

Forms a bell-shaped curve, most people located at the middle of the curve, mean, median, mode all occur at the same midpoint

Question 4

What is a positively skewed distribution?

Answer 4

Most of the distribution is concentrated towards the left of the graph, tail on the right, mode is the highest point

Question 5

What is a negatively skewed distribution?

Answer 5

Bulk of scores is concentrated towards the right, tail on the left, mode is the highest point