A novice could pick out such abuses. There are three main types of abuse 1. 2. 3. The abuse usually comes in the interpretation of the statistic. Often an oral interpretation is slightly different than visual information. Although it seems at first glance the two statements conflict, they merely represent two different data sets.
Misrepresentation often occurs in the visual display of information.
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Statistics deal primarily with quantitative research, but some qualitative research is possible. If discrete use a bar graph. Number of siblings. Research Design Scientific Method 1. All propositions must be subjected to an empirical test.