What are statistics, and why are they important?
What will be an ideal response?
Statistics are numeric representations of reality that facilitate our ability to describe, communicate, predict, and act. Statistics are important for a number of reasons. Namely, statistics provides a range of analytical tools that we have to approach and live in the world with which we are confronted. Statistics help us to think critically and reflectively about what others tell us about the world so that we can come to our own, well-informed, conclusions.
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A. crisis B. intervention C. engagement D. interposition
Work by Nezu and colleagues established PST as an effective approach for which mental disorder?
a) Eating disorders b) Major depressive disorder c) Panic disorder d) Posttraumatic stress disorder
Conceptualization is defining what we mean by a concept whereas operationalization is the process of developing variables so that the concept may be measured.
What will be an ideal response?
The difference between “Inferential Statistics” and “Descriptive Statistics” is:
a. inferential statistics are used to test an explanatory or evaluative hypothesis, whereas a descriptive statistic may be used to describe or summarize the distribution of a single variable b. descriptive statistics are used to examine associations and patterns, whereas inferential statistic may be used to describe or summarize the distribution of a single variable c. inferential statistic can be used only to describe or summarize the distribution of multiple variables d. descriptive statistics can be used only to evaluate the impact of a program on the client population