Table of Descriptive Statistics
By Daniel Palazzolo, Ph.D.

Level of Measurement

Presentation

Measures of CT

Measure of Dispersion

Nominal

 

Barchart/Frequency Distribution

Mode

% of Modal Observation/Single or Bimodal

Ordinal

 

Barchart/Frequency Distribution

Mode

Median

Range and distribution of percentages across values

Interval/Ratio

 

Histogram or Line Graph

Mode

Median

Mean

Standard Deviation

Skewness

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