Exam 17: Analysis and Interpretation Individual Variables Independently

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The reporting technique for rating scale questions that presents the percentage of respondents who checked one of the top two positions on a rating scales is known as the

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The FactFinder Research firm conducted a survey for a national food manufacturer and one of the issues addressed by the research was to determine how many pounds of fish were annually consumed per capita. In the survey they found one person who consumed only one pound of fish per year while 10 people reported 200 pounds per year. The range was

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A researcher is interested in analyzing a set of nominal data to determine if the observed pattern of frequencies corresponds to the expected pattern. The appropriate statistical technique is

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Descriptive statistics include all of the following measures EXCEPT

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Refer to Scenario 17.1. What is the average number of televisions per household?

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A bar chart where the values of a variable are placed along the X-axis and the absolute or relative frequency along the Y-axis is called a______________and can be developed from the______________.

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Which of the following statements concerning the sample standard deviation is FALSE?

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The______________is the most commonly calculated statistic for both interval- and ratio-level measures.

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Even if it will help managers interpret results, you should not convert continuous measures to categorical measures.

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In very few cases, it's important to report standard deviations along with mean values.

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You can "prove" that the alternative hypothesis is true if the null hypothesis is rejected.

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Categorical measures are most commonly used to

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A sampling procedure is statistically more efficient than another procedure if, for a given sample size, it results in a larger sampling error.

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Converting from continuous to categorical measures

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A researcher determines a sample of size (n) 100 is necessary to estimate a population mean with 95% confidence (z = 2). The calculation of sample size required that he estimate the population standard deviation since it was unknown, and he estimated it as 150. The 100 observations produced a sample mean and a sample standard______________deviation The resulting confidence interval is

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Which of the following is TRUE about hypothesis testing?

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Which statement(s) pertaining to the chi­square χ2 distribution is FALSE?

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Which types of measurement are used to group respondents or objects into groups or categories and are thus referred to as categorical measures?

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Some of the commonly used measures of location such as the median or quartiles can be read directly from a

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The arithmetic mean value across all responses for a variable is called the______________mean.

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