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Copyright 2004Dr. J. Kyle Roberts

University of North Texas

Unit 1: Background to Inferential Statistics

Lesson 5: Measures of Distribution

EDER 6010: Statistics for Educational Research

Dr. J. Kyle Roberts

University of North Texas

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University of North Texas

Measures of DistributionNormal Distribution

Characteristics:•Mean = Median = Mode•Skewness = 0•Kurtosis = 0

34.13% 34.13%

13.59%13.59%

2.14%2.14%

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Skewness“Distributional Shape and the Blind Date”

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ZSkewness i

3Sum of all of the Z-scores cubed

Number of people in the study

Skewness = 0, distribution is symmetrical < 0, negatively skewed > 0, positively skewed

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Skewness

Positively Skewed

Negatively Skewed

No Skewness

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Many Forms of Skewness

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ii SD

XXZ

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Kurtosis and the Blind DateHeight Small Medium LargeMen      

5’9” 142-151 148-160 155-1765’10” 144-154 151-163 158-1805’11” 146-157 154-166 161-1846’ 149-160 157-170 164-1886’1” 152-164 160-174 168-1926’2” 155-168 164-178 172-1976’3” 158-172 167-182 176-202Women      

5’4” 114-127 124-138 134-1515’5” 117-130 127-141 137-1555’6” 120-133 130-144 140-1595’7” 123-136 133-147 143-1635’8” 126-139 136-150 146-1675’9” 129-142 139-153 149-1705’10” 132-145 142-156 152-173

Kurtosis is the ratio of height to width relative to the normal curve

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Kurtosis

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n

ZKurtosis i

Sum of all of the Z-scores to the fourth power

Number of people in the study

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Kurtosis

Kurtosis = 0

Kurtosis > 0, Leptokurtic

Kurtosis < 0, Platykurtic

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Infinite Number of Normal Distributions

-4.24276 -0.24276 3.75724 7.75724 11.7572415.7572419.7572423.75724

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0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

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Copyright 2004Dr. J. Kyle Roberts

University of North Texas

Unit 1: Background to Inferential Statistics

Lesson 5: Measures of Distribution

EDER 6010: Statistics for Educational Research

Dr. J. Kyle Roberts

University of North Texas