Question 1

The study of information to produce a result or conclusion is known as:

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A)   data comprehension
B)   data measurement
C)   data research
D)   data analysisE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

What is the best description of binary variable?

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A)   A measurement in which observations are placed into discrete categories
B)   A type of variable with nominal measurement that contains only two categories
C)   A nominal variable
D)   A type of measurement whose ordering of values has meaning for understanding variation in a variableE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

What is the standard deviation?

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A)   The value that appears the most in a dataset
B)   A measure for how the values in a variable are dispersed around the variable's mean
C)   The lowest value in a dataset
D)   The highest value in a datasetE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a summary statistic?

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A)   Minimum value
B)   Significance level
C)   Correlation coefficient
D)   Inverse coefficientE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Quantitative data presented in a spreadsheet with information organized into rows and columns is called a:

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A)   codebook
B)   distribution
C)   book
D)   datasetE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of changing a nominal variable into a binary variable?

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A)   Splitting political affiliation into Democrat, Republican, and Independent
B)   Transforming political affiliation into a scale, 1 being Democrat and 10 being Republican
C)   Splitting political affiliation into Democrat and Republican
D)   Isolating only the Democrat categoryE) All of the above
F) A) and D) C

Question 7

Frequency distributions must be used for variables with what type of measurement?

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A)   Ordinal
B)   Nominal
C)   Interval
D)   RatioE) A) and C)
F) B) and D) B

Question 8

If the data for a variable is normally distributed, then:

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A)   roughly 50% of the observations for the variable should fall within one standard deviation on either side of the mean
B)   none of the observations for the variable should fall within one standard deviation on either side of the mean
C)   roughly 68% of the observations for the variable should fall within one standard deviation on either side of the mean
D)   100% of the observations for the variable should fall within one standard deviation on either side of the meanE) All of the above
F) A) and B) C

Question 9

What type of descriptive statistics is most appropriate for an ordinal variable with five or more categories?

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A)   A frequency distribution
B)   Summary statistics
C)   The mode
D)   Data analysisE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Why is it important to understand the different types of measurement?

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A)   Because the measurement level of a variable influences what can be done with it quantitatively
B)   Because some variables are better than others
C)   Because knowing the extent of variation in each variable is important
D)   Because researchers should only use certain types of variablesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following is an advantage in using a bar chart or a pie chart?

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A)   It creates a normal distribution
B)   It allows readers to visually grasp the frequency of each response
C)   It makes the data statistically significant
D)   It can calculate summary statisticsE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of the following is true concerning the standard deviation of a distribution?

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A)   A small standard deviation indicates a narrow clustering of values around a mean
B)   A small standard deviation indicates a larger spread of values around the mean
C)   A large standard deviation indicates a narrow clustering of values around the mean
D)   A large standard deviation means that a lot of people answered a particular question.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

It is important to limit your dataset so that only those observations that are contained within your _____ remain in your data set.

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A)   research group
B)   sample
C)   frequency
D)   research populationE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

The mode is the:

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A)   value that appears the most in a dataset
B)   average of all of the values in a dataset
C)   lowest value in a dataset
D)   standard deviationE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

The following variable has what type of measurement?
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Accepted Answer

A)   Ordinal
B)   Binary
C)   Nominal
D)   Ratio E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

Data means:

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A)   knowledge
B)   information
C)   access
D)   researchE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

What type of descriptive statistics is most appropriate for an ordinal variable with less than five categories?

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A)   The average
B)   A frequency distribution
C)   Summary statistics
D)   It is not possible to generate descriptive statistics for this type of variableE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Descriptive statistics investigate:

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A)   the amount of variation within each variable
B)   relationships among variables
C)   whether coefficients are significant
D)   if a pie chart is more appropriate than a bar chartE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following lists the percentages of each code contained in a variable?

Accepted Answer

A)   Data analysis
B)   Frequency distribution
C)   Regression analysis
D)   Univariate analysisE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

What is a good example of an ordinal variable?

Accepted Answer

A)   Party affiliation
B)   Biological sex
C)   Year born
D)   Life satisfaction on a scale from 1 to 10E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Exam 7: Getting Started With SPSS and Descriptive Statistics

The study of information to produce a result or conclusion is known as:

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What is the best description of binary variable?

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What is the standard deviation?

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Which of the following is an example of a summary statistic?

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Quantitative data presented in a spreadsheet with information organized into rows and columns is called a:

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Which of the following is an example of changing a nominal variable into a binary variable?

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Frequency distributions must be used for variables with what type of measurement?

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If the data for a variable is normally distributed, then:

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What type of descriptive statistics is most appropriate for an ordinal variable with five or more categories?

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Why is it important to understand the different types of measurement?

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Which of the following is an advantage in using a bar chart or a pie chart?

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Which of the following is true concerning the standard deviation of a distribution?

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It is important to limit your dataset so that only those observations that are contained within your _____ remain in your data set.

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The mode is the:

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Data means:

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What type of descriptive statistics is most appropriate for an ordinal variable with less than five categories?

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Descriptive statistics investigate:

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Which of the following lists the percentages of each code contained in a variable?

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What is a good example of an ordinal variable?

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