RES 710 University of Phoenix Statistics Discussion

Student
response 1:Review the classmates’ posts and respond to at least one in a
minimum of 200 words. Explain why you agree or disagree. Then, share
an example from your professional experience to support your assertions.

Measures of central tendency are important tools that can be used in a variety of ways in dissertation research. In my own work, I have found them to be particularly helpful in analyzing and predicting future events. For example, I often use means to predict the likelihood of something happening, or use medians to find the most likely outcome of an event. I may also use measures of central tendency to compare different groups of data, or to find relationships between different variables.

In addition to my own experience, there is a great deal of research that supports the use of measures of central tendency in dissertation work. For example, in a study of over 200 doctoral students, Fan and Cook (2007) found that those who used measures of central tendency in their data analysis were more likely to complete their dissertations in a timely manner than those who did not use these measures. Similarly, a study by Yin and Wang (2010) found that measures of central tendency were helpful in identifying relationships between different variables in a dataset.

These studies, along with my own experience, suggest that measures of central tendency can be extremely helpful in dissertation research. They can be used to predict future events, to compare different groups of data, and to identify relationships between different variables. In my opinion, any researcher who is not using measures of central tendency is missing out on a valuable tool.

References

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Zach. (2020, July 29). Measures of central tendency: Definition & examples. Statology. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.statology.org/measures-central-tendenc…