Ch 01 - BESC 3010 - UVU - Poulson
Official Questions & Answers
Which is bigger: a sample or a population? Correct Ans-a population
A variable that classifies people into racial or ethnic groups is what level of measurement?
Correct Ans-nominal
Which level of measurement has a true zero point? Correct Ans-ratio
The number of students enrolled in a school each year is an example of which level of
measurement? Correct Ans-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)... Correct Ans-sample
The variable that is measured as the outcome in an experiment is called the _____ variable.
Correct Ans-dependent
Temperature in celsius or Fahrenheit (but not Kelvin) is measured at which level of
measurement? Correct Ans-interval
The amount of time that a person spends on social media each week in minutes is a(n) _____
variable. Correct Ans-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. Correct Ans-interval
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