Chapter 1 Quiz True or False
Descriptive statistics can help to infer the unknown parameters in a population.
False
High School GPA and score on the SAT exams are considered during college admissions. Both these values are continuous and quantitative measurements.
False
In an ordinal scale, a larger number represents a greater value than a smaller number, and the ratio of any two numbers represents a meaningful value.
False
A continuous variable is measured along a continuum at any place beyond the decimal point and can be positive (e.g., height) or negative (e.g., temperature) in value.
True
Random assignment is not possible in a quasi-experiment because the variables being studies cannot be manipulated.
True