However, because I am now more familiar with the different ways that data can be analyzed and presented, I am more likely to examine the underlying statistics used to support a claim than I was prior to taking this class. M8Lab8

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1. Descriptive statistics will describe the data given. The data describes minutes (interval), grades (intervals), gender (categorical), and number of times that the students considered running away (ordinal).

1. Number of students = 20

2. Average quality time is the mean of the quality time spent and is 8.2 minutes

3. Average number of times they thought of running away is the mean of the number of times they considered running away and is...

There are 10 males and 10 females, which means that the sample is bimodal with male and female modes.
5. Average gpa is the mean of the GPA and is 3.06.

2. Male students have considered running away an average of 5.3 times in the past six months, while female students have considered running away an average of 2.7 times in the past six months.

3. The association between GPA and running away can be examined by looking at correlation, which is -0.369. In other words, the higher the GPA, the less likely a student is to have considered running away.

4. Based on this sample, a child whose parents spent 15 hours of quality time with him would have considered running away 1.414191…