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BESC 3010 exam 1 chps 1-5 questions
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A sample is a part of a larger - Answer -population

A bivariate analysis typically focuses on... - Answer -The association of two variables

Inferential statistics are typically contrasted with _____ statistics. - Answer -descriptive

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of experiments? - Answer -
Manipulations

The respondent's gender is typically recorded as a(n) _____ variable. - Answer -
Nominal

In an experiment, the variable that the researcher manipulates is called the _____
variable. - Answer -independent

Which is bigger: a sample or a population? - Answer -population

A variable that classifies people into racial or ethnic groups is what level of
measurement? - Answer -nominal

Which level of measurement has a true zero point? - Answer -ratio

The number of students enrolled in a school each year is an example of which level of
measurement? - Answer -ratio

If a researcher is able to survey 99% of all students enrolled in statistics classes at a
college, then that researcher has gathered data from a(n)... - Answer -sample

The variable that is measured as the outcome in an experiment is called the _____
variable. - Answer -dependent

Temperature in celsius or Fahrenheit (but not Kelvin) is measured at which level of
measurement? - Answer -interval

The amount of time that a person spends on social media each week in minutes is a(n)
_____ variable. - Answer -ratio

, If the number of games a team has lost in a season is subtracted from the number of
games that they won in that season, the resulting variable would be at the _____ level
of measurement. - Answer -interval

The only level of measurement that does not place scores or categories into order (and
is therefore the lowest level of measurement) is the _____ level of measurement. -
Answer -nominal

The highest level of measurement (i.e., the one that contains the most information) is
the _____ level of measurement. - Answer -ratio

If a person's sex is coded as Male = 0 or Female = 1, then that variable is at the _____
level of measurement. - Answer -nominal

If a person's sex is coded as Male = 1 or Female = 2, then that variable is at the _____
level of measurement. - Answer -nominal

If a person's sex is recorded as "Male" or "Female," then that variable is at the _____
level of measurement. - Answer -nominal

A question that asks a person which religion (if any) they identify with is at the _____
level of measurement. - Answer -nominal

A question that asks a person how strong their motivations for religious participation are
using a 1-7 rating scale is at _____ level of measurement. - Answer -either the ordinal
or the interval

A question that asks how many times a person attends religious services each year is at
the _____ level of measurement. - Answer -ratio

For a study to be considered an experiment, it must have... - Answer -a manipulation

In an experiment that looks at the effect of different teaching methods on student
learning, the independent variable is... - Answer -teaching method

If a web marketer compares the effectiveness of two online ads in getting clicks by
gathering data from 3 million Internet shoppers, the population of interest is... - Answer -
all internet shoppers

A population can never be... - Answer -smaller than one of its samples

A univariate analysis typically focuses on... - Answer -one variable at a time

A question that asks whether a person believes they are more creative, less creative, or
just as creative as other people is at the _____ level of measurement. - Answer -ordinal

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