Variables
Terminology
Statistical Tests
Detroit Neighborhoods
Prophesying
100
A two-level variable.
What is a dichotomous variable?
100
“A geographic and, hence, ecological section of a larger community or region that usually contains residents or institutions and that has socially distinctive characteristics.”
What is a neighborhood?
100
A measure of central tendency that is not sensitive to outliers.
What is the median?
100
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What is Jefferson-Chalmers?
100
These three terms represent the intersection between our beliefs of the nature of reality, how we know this to be true, and the role of our values.
What are ontology, epistimology, and axiology (week 5).
200
A multi (more than two) level variable that could be nominal or ordinal.
What is a categorical variable?
200
“Collectives of individuals gathered to serve a particular purpose”
What are organizations?
200
A measure of the level of dispersion around the mean.
What is the standard deviation?
200
What is Eastern Market?
200
A thought exercise that is used to explain the disproportinate negative impact that a series of seemingly small decisions by individuals can have on the greater good.
What is the tragedy of the commons? (week 6)
300
A variable that is mutual exclusive, exhaustive, no order or hierarchy.
What is a nominal variable?
300
“A theoretically defined concept, attribute, or variable that is the target of measurement."
What is a construct?
300
A test used to see if there is a statistically significant difference between two catengorical variables.
What is a chi square test?
300
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What is Brightmoor?
300
Systems and tools that use maps to visiual represent and analyze data.
What is Geographic Information systems (GIS)? (week 9)
400
A variable that is mutual exclusive, exhaustive, and includes relative order or hierarchy.
What is an ordinal variable?
400
Converting a concept to a measurable variable with specific indicators.
What is operationalization?
400
A groups of tests used to compare the means of two samples or the mean of a sample to a population.
What is a T-test?
400
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What is Warrendale/Cody Rouge?
400
“The values, customs, rituals, and norms shared by all the members of an organization, which have to be learnt and accepted by new members of the organization”
What is organizational culture? (week 10).
500
A variable that is mutual exclusive, exhaustive, magnitude ordering and equal intervals and meaningful/true zero.
What is a ratio variable?
500
This stats that if repeated samples are taken from ANY distribution, the shape of that distribution approaches the shape of the normal distribution as the number of samples taken from the original distribution increases.
What is central limit theorem?
500
An inferential statistic used to predict the linear relationship between one or more independent variables and a continuous dependent variable.
What is a linear regression?
500
What is Greater Corktown?
500
As part of the I-CPL concentration, you will automatically qualify for this certification (with the payment of a small fee).
What is the Network for Social Work Managers Certification? (week 12)