Assignment: Introduction to Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Analysis

Jamisha Riddick

Walden University

Continuous Variable

The continuous variable, internet usage, has a mean of: 1.2728, a median of :1.0000, and a mode of: 1.00. The standard deviation of this variable is .58125 and a change of .338. It isn't adversely slanted and has a scope of 2. This variable is truly solid and can be matched and used to investigate a wide range of studies. A social change question for this variable could be: Is Internet utilization now a need, because of monetary changes and headways? As I would see it, nearly everything has gotten electronic. I accept that on the off chance that one doesn't have a really old mindset, it very well may be anything but difficult to convince web and innovation to somebody.

Categorical Variable

The categorical variable chose was Urban or Rural Primary Sampling Unit. I chose this to pair with internet usage because many people, that do not live in urban areas, seldom have internet services. This could be due to the need to do without or no towers available in the area. The standard deviation of this variable was .510. The variance was .260 and the variable was negatively skewed. There was a .011 error of skewness. This variable was 100 percent valid. There was a range of 2, a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3. A social change question I would place upon this variable could be: Is it necessary to convert rural areas to semi-urban ones just for the sake of keeping up with the times or is it more appropriate for societies to adjust at their own times to the new age technology?

References

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2015). Social statistics for a diverse society (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2016d). Descriptive statistics [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Wagner, W. E. (2016). Using IBM® SPSS® statistics for research methods and social science statistics (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.