RESEARCHING THE REAL WORLD



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A Guide to Methodology

8. Surveys

8.1 Introduction to surveys
8.2 Methodological approaches
8.3 Doing survey research
8.4 Statistical Analysis

8.4.1 Descriptive statistics

8.4.1.1 Frequency tables
8.4.1.2 Graphical representation
8.4.1.3 Measures of central tendency (averages)
8.4.1.4 Measures of dispersion
8.4.1.5 Levels of measurement

8.4.2 Exploring relationships
8.4.3 Analysing samples
8.4.4 Report writing

8.5 Summary and conclusion

8.4.1 Desriptive statistics
Descriptive statistics, as their name suggests, as their name suggests are statistics that descibe a sample or population variable.

Descriptive statistics may take the form of proportions, averages, measures of dispersion (spread) of a set of values, or indeed, may include tabulation of data or graphical representations.

In short, descriptive statistics sum up a set of data in a convenient form that makes it manageable when presenting overviews or in further statistical analysis.

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