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The Statistics
Descriptive statistics are statistical methods that
may be used for presenting quantitative data in a more
manageable format (1). These methods allow researchers to
reduce large data matrices to more manageable summaries that
permit easier descriptions, understandings, and interpreta-
tions. However, descriptive statistics only describe some
of the characteristics of the data "at hand." They say
nothing beyond the immediate data. It is not the intention
of this study to make assertions, generalizations, or infer-
ences about the larger population from which this sample of
Mexican-American female single parents was chosen, whatever
that population really is.
Descriptive statistics that summarize the relationships
between or among variables are called measures of association.
A measure of association is the assigning of a numerical
value to describe the degree of strength or magnitude of a
relationship between variables. It is the degree to which
variation or change in one variable or pair of variables is
related to variation or change in another variable. Measures
of association indicate how strongly two variables are
related to each other, in essence, indicating to what extent
characteristics of one sort and characteristics of another
sort occur together. To what extent does prior knowledge of
a case's value on one variable better enable the researcher
to predict the case's value on another variable? Many
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Maldonado, Alfred C. Sources of Support and Parental Performances a Descriptive Study of Mexican-American Female Single Parents, dissertation, August 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331344/m1/49/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .