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Question 1
What is the probability of rolling 2 successive 5s in a row with a single unbiased die?
Selected Answer: a.
1/36
Answers: a.
1/36
b.
4/6
c.
1/6
Question 2
For a percentage of 79%, the corresponding proportion is 0.79 This statement is:
Selected a.
Answer:
True
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 3
"Both everyday observations and research can be misleading". This statement is:
Selected a.
Answer:
True
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 4
Selected a.
Answer:
contains sampling errors
Answers: a.
b.
c.
is biased
Question 5
Selected b.
Answer:
Statistics.
Answers: a.
Parameters
b.
Statistics.
Question 6
"Organizing and summarizing data is only a minor function of statistics". This statement is:
Selected b.
Answer:
False
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 7
Suppose you read that as the result of a chi-square test , p< 0.05 . By conventional standards what
decision should be made about the null hypothesis?
Selected a.
Answer:
Reject it
Answers: a.
Reject it
b.
Do not reject it
Question 8
Income in large populations usually forms a normal curve when plotted. This statement is:
Selected b.
Answer:
False
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 9
" ANOVA can be used to test for the differences among two or more means". This statement is :
Selected a.
Answer:
True
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 10
In a normal distribution, what percentage of the cases lies between one standard deviation unit
above the mean and one standard deviation below the mean? :
Selected c.
Answer:
68%
Answers: a.
34%
b.
50%
c.
68%
Question 11
To determine the opinions of all bicycle owners in a city, a researcher surveys the customers at two
bicycle shops that happen to be near her residence. She is using a:
Selected a.
Answer:
sample of convenience
Answers: a.
sample of convenience
b.
Question 12
If students name their favorite sport, the resulting data are at what level?
Selected d.
Answer:
Nominal
Answers: a.
Ordinal
b.
Interval
c.
Ratio
d.
Nominal
Question 13
In a direct relationship, those who are high on one variable tend to be high on the other, This
statement is
Selected a.
Answer:
True
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 14
If an employer ranks employees from low to high on customer service The employer is using what
scale of measurement?
Selected b.
Answer:
Ordinal
Answers: a.
Nominal
b.
Ordinal
c.
Interval
d.
Ratio
Question 15
If you are flipping an unbiased coin, what is the probability of the results being 1?.
Selected b.
Answer:
1 - 0.05
Answers: a.
0.05
b.
1 - 0.05
c.
Question 16
A percentage is an example of :
Selected a.
Answer:
a descriptive statistic
Answers: a.
a descriptive statistic
b.
an inferential statistic
Question 17
Selected b.
Answer:
Ratio
Answers: a.
ordinal
b.
Ratio
c.
Nominal
d.
Interval
Question 18
Answers: a.
b.
c.
d.
Question 19
If you compute the deviations from the mean for a set of scores and then sum the deviations, what
sum will your get?
A 100
Selected b.
Answer:
0
Answers: a.
10
b.
c.
Question 20
If 25 out of 100 parents favor an extended school day, what percentage favors it?
Selected b.
Answer:
25
Answers: a.
2.5
b.
25
c.
50
d.
Question 21
Suppose a researcher gave welfare recipients two types of jobs to see which type was more
effective in helping them get jobs. Getting jobs is :
Selected b.
Answer:
Dependant variable
Answers: a.
Independent variable
b.
Dependant variable
Question 22
Decreasing sample size
Selected a.
Answer:
Decreases precision
Answers: a.
Decreases precision
b.
Decreases bias
c.
Question 23
Selected a.
Answer:
1/6
Answers: a.
1/6
b.
5/6
c.
1/5
Question 24
If there are 200 nurses employed bay a hospital and two are selected for observation, the 200 are
known as a:
Selected b.
Answer:
Population
Answers: a.
Sample
b.
Population
Question 25
Selected a.
Answer:
A survey of political attitudes
Answers: a.
b.
c.
Question 26
According to the Central Limit Theorem, the sampling distribution of means is normal. This
statement is:
Selected a.
Answer:
True
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 27
"When researchers rely on authority for knowledge, they are using the empirical approach to
knowledge". This statement is:
Selected b.
Answer:
False
Answers: a.
True
b.
False
Question 28
The participants' response in an experiment constitutes the independent variable. This statement is:
Selected b.
Answer:
False
Answers: a.
True
b.
False