Quantitative & Qualitative
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| Assignment of # or symbols (renaming, categorical) for purpose of designating subclasses that represent unique characteristics. Weakness level of measurement, meaningless to find mean, standard deviations, etc. | show 🗑
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| show | Ordinal
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| show | Interval Scale
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| Assignment of # for purpose of identifying ordered relations of some characteristic, order having arbitrarily assigned & equal interval and absolute zero point. Meets math assumptions to perform arithmetic operations. | show 🗑
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| nominal and sometimes ordinal | show 🗑
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| show | Quantitative
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| Takes on finite number of values. Generally whole numbers. | show 🗑
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| show | Continuous variable
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| fixed value throughout time (ie. male or female) | show 🗑
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| Basic tool for organizing data. Helps researcher "see" data. Easy to sort from lowest to highest values. Count # of occurances. Add % of occurrance for each score and cumulative frequency. | show 🗑
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| show | Mode
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| sum of scores in distribution divided by number of scores. | show 🗑
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| Midpoint or midscore in distribution 50% of observations fall above, 50% below. Can be calculated for ordinal, interval or ratio data. | show 🗑
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| show | Normal Distribution
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| Probability curve where a few high numbers pulls the mean to the right. | show 🗑
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| show | Skewed left
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| show | Range
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| show | Variance
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| show | Hypothesis Testing
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| Reverse of what experimenter actually believes;put forward to allow data to contradict it. | show 🗑
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| Statement expressing relationships between phenomena. Acceptance or non-acceptance upon logical analysis of data using scientific method. 1st describe prediction (trying to prove)- 2nd describe possible outcomes. | show 🗑
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| show | Chi Square - non-parametric
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| Difference between the cost of a particular policy or project to gov unit & benefits to gov unit. | show 🗑
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| show | Cost Benefit Analysis
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| The location quotient (LQ) is an index for comparing an area's share of a particular activity with the area's share of some basic or aggregate phenomenon. | show 🗑
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| a technique sometimes used for forecasting land use, most often for forecasting changes in a set of urban areas or regions. (ie. employment and population are growing or declining) | show 🗑
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| show | shift-share analysis
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| examines historical trends in the regional economy, including recent changes in employment and business establishments, civilian labor force and unemployment rates, wages, labor force skill levels, and other related data. | show 🗑
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| quantifies the multiple economic effects resulting from a change in the final demand for a specific product or service. | show 🗑
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| show | Net Present Value
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| Frequency distribution of one variable when another is held fixed at each of the several levels. | show 🗑
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| show | T-test
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| Most comprehensive approach to project eval. Shows anticipated attainment of projects goal and assignment of accomplishing goal to a group. | show 🗑
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| show | Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
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| show | Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
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| Focuses on costs and revenues associated with specific form of growth. Resust is statement of net govt surplus or deficit expressed in financial terms. | show 🗑
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| Scheduling technique that graphically depicts inter-relationships of tasks that constitute project. | show 🗑
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| show | Critical Path Programming
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| Determines whether project will generate sufficient revenues to defray public service costs. | show 🗑
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| Industries that draw money into economy from outside its borders. | show 🗑
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| show | Non-basic Industries
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| show | Export Ratio
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| show | Input-Output modeling
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| Two cities attract retail trade from any mid-sized town in direct proportion to population of 2 cities and in inverse proportion to the square of the distances from these 2 cities from the mid-sized town. | show 🗑
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