Study for Final chapter 1-12

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

ratio

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

ratio

Which level of measurement has a true zero point? interval ratio ordinal nominal

ratio

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of experiments? Manipulations Representative groups Laboratory setting Biological measures

Manipulations

Which is bigger: a sample or a population? a sample cannot be determined they are always the same a population

a population

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

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 ratio nominal ordinal interval

interval

A sample is a part of a larger... construct population distribution statistics

population

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

ratio

A bivariate analysis typically focuses on... symmetrical distributions. causal inference. the association of two variables. two participants at a time.

The association of two variables

The variable that is measured as the outcome in an experiment is called the _____ variable. pattern quasi-experimental dependent independent

dependent

Inferential statistics are typically contrasted with _____ statistics. representative hypothesized null descriptive

descriptive

In an experiment, the variable that the researcher manipulates is called the _____ variable. dependent skewed observational independent

independent

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

nominal

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

nominal

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

nominal

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

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. ordinal interval nominal ratio

nominal

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

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 skewed distribution experimental group population

sample