BESC 3010 CH 1.

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

ratio

Which level of measurement has a true zero point?

ratio

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

teaching method

A bivariate analysis typically focuses on...

the association of two variables.

Which is bigger: a sample or a population?

a population

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

all internet shoppers

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

interval

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.

interval

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

interval

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

manipulation

A univariate analysis typically focuses on...

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.

ordinal

A sample is a part of a larger...

population

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

ratio

A variable that records how many seconds it take for a person to spell a word backwards is at the _____ level of measurement.

ratio

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

ratio

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of experiments?

Manipulations

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

dependent

Inferential statistics are typically contrasted with _____ statistics.

descriptive

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

independent

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

nominal

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

nominal

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

nominal

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)...

sample

A population can never be...

smaller than one of its samples


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