Test Bank for Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 4th Edition Leon-Guerrero (All Chapters included)
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Introduction To Statistics
Complete Test Bank for Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 4th Edition by Anna Y. Leon-Guerrero, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Georgiann Davis ; ISBN13: 9781544372501. (Full Chapters included Ch 1 to 10).....Chapter 1: The What and the Why of Statistics.
Chapter 2: The Organization ...
Essentials of Social Statistics
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4th Edition by Anna Y. Leon-Guerrero
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,Chapter 1: The What and the Why of Statistics
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Multiple Choice
1. A set of assumptions and propositions used to explain, predict, and understand social
phenomena is called a ______.
A. law
B. hypothesis
C. theory
D. variable
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Role of Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Procedures that help organize or describe data collected from a sample or a
population are called ______.
A. descriptive statistics
B. analytical variables
C. inferential statistics
D. dependent variables
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The levels of social life on which social scientists focus are called ______.
A. measures of tendency
B. dependent variables
C. independent variables
D. units of analysis
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Formulating the Hypotheses
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Researchers use the term ______ to refer to information that is obtained and verified
by direct experience.
, A. variable
B. unit of analysis
C. empirical research
D. theory
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Asking Research Questions
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. A(n) ______ is a statement predicting the relationship between two or more
observable attributes.
A. hypothesis
B. variable
C. law
D. theory
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Formulating the Hypotheses
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The total set of cases, objects, groups, or events in which the researcher is interested
is called the ______.
A. population
B. sample
C. entity
D. variable
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. A subset of cases selected from the total set of cases is referred to as the ______.
A. population
B. sample
C. entity
D. variable
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. A(n) ______ is a property of people or objects that can take two or more values.
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