Chapter 1 quiz reviews

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

ratio

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

Which is bigger: a sample or a population?

a population

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

A sample is a part of a larger...

population

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

A bivariate analysis typically focuses on...

The association of two variables

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

nominal

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

nominal

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

nominal

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

nominal

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.

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