central tendency
type: Concept
broader: descriptive statistics

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: descriptive statistics

descriptive statistics
type: Concept
broader: quantitative data analysis
broader: foundations: measurement theory and statistics
definition: Description of the data collected in research is an important component for both the researcher and the reader. In both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the reduction of a large amount of data to an easily digestible summary is an important function. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods; Descriptive Statistics]
narrower: kurtosis
narrower: distribution
narrower: dispersion
narrower: central tendency

dispersion
type: Concept
broader: descriptive statistics

distribution
type: Concept
broader: descriptive statistics

foundations: measurement theory and statistics
type: Concept
narrower: descriptive statistics

kurtosis
type: Concept
broader: descriptive statistics

quantitative data analysis
type: Concept
narrower: descriptive statistics