Chapter 10
Understanding Descriptive Statistics
By Debbie Rohwer
Chapter 10 of Inquiry in Music Education highlights the following concepts:
• Numbers in descriptive research
• level of measurement
• central tendency and variability
• Types of descriptive studies:
• survey research
• frequency count studies
• Inputting data into a statistical program
• Using descriptive statistics in the classroom
• Crafting a proposal for descriptive quantitative research
Handouts / Worksheets
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Resources
The videos and other links below were chosen to extend and clarify the concepts and skills mentioned in this chapter. We hope these resources are helpful! Please let us know what you think of them, and please suggest other resources that you use as an instructor or as a student.
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Designing and Conducting Survey Research: A Comprehensive Guide (4th Ed., Companion Website)
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JASP (open source alternative to SPSS)
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Sample size calculators:Survey Monkey or Qualtrics