Chapter 2 STAT final

7 A. Categorical 8 B. Response 9 A. Those adults that have a child in college

7. Which type of variable is Loan Obligation Opinion? A. Categorical B. Quantitative C. Continuous D. Measurement 8. What role does the variable Loan Obligation Opinion play in this study? A. Explanatory B. Response C. Confounding D. It plays no role in the study. 9. Which group had the greatest percentage of adults who thought loan obligations are too high? A. Those adults that have a child in college B. Those adults that do not have a child in college C. Both groups have the same percent thinking loan obligations are too high

The table below summarizes observed data on the gender and party membership of 1000 individuals: Party Membership Gender Democrat Republican Total Male 300 300 600 Female 200 200 400 Total 500 500 1000 A. There is a relationship between gender and party membership. B. There is no relationship between gender and party membership. C. There is a relationship between gender and being a Democrat but not between gender and being a Republican. D. There is a relationship between gender and party membership for males but not for females.

B. There is no relationship between gender and party membership.

C. 21.95%

Listed below is the number of Congressional Medals of Honor awarded in wars fought by the United States. What percent of all medals given were awarded during World War I and World War II? A. 4.83% B. 17.13% C. 21.95% D. 78.01%

D. Categorical

Tallies and cross-tabulations are used to summarize which of these variable types? A. Quantitative B. Mathematical C. Continuous D. Categorical

D. Categorical variable

Which of the following is not a term used for a quantitative variable? A. Measurement variable B. Numerical variable C. Continuous variable D. Categorical variable

A. Age of a person.

Which one of the following variables is not categorical? A. Age of a person. B. Gender of a person: male or female. C. Choice on a test item: true or false. D. Marital status of a person (single, married, divorced, other)

D. Opinion about legalization of marijuana

Which one of these variables is a categorical variable? A. Number of ear pierces a person has B. Height of a person C. Weight of a person D. Opinion about legalization of marijuana