Question 1

Which of the following scales would be used when the information is qualitative rather than quantitative?

Accepted Answer

A) Ordinal 
B) Interval 
C) Nominal 
D) Ratio 
A) Ordinal 
B) Interval 
C) Nominal 
D) Ratio C

Question 2

One advantage of using Z scores is that

Accepted Answer

A) they are always positive. 
B) they can show the effects of test bias. 
C) they are standardized units. 
D) they allow the researcher to manipulate information. 
A) they are always positive. 
B) they can show the effects of test bias. 
C) they are standardized units. 
D) they allow the researcher to manipulate information. C

Question 3

Which of the following scales has the properties of magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals?

Accepted Answer

A) Ordinal 
B) Interval 
C) Nominal 
D) Ratio 
A) Ordinal 
B) Interval 
C) Nominal 
D) Ratio D

Question 4

Exploratory data analysis involves the process of

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A) making theoretical assumptions. 
B) computing reliability and validity. 
C) evaluating evidence using statistics. 
D) gathering and displaying evidence. 
A) making theoretical assumptions. 
B) computing reliability and validity. 
C) evaluating evidence using statistics. 
D) gathering and displaying evidence.

Question 5

The second quartile is also the

Accepted Answer

A) mean. 
B) median. 
C) interquartile range. 
D) 25th percentile. 
A) mean. 
B) median. 
C) interquartile range. 
D) 25th percentile.

Question 6

There are more people with incomes on the low end as compared to the high end. What kind of distribution does this illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A) Normal 
B) Positively skewed 
C) Negatively skewed 
D) Bell curve 
A) Normal 
B) Positively skewed 
C) Negatively skewed 
D) Bell curve

Question 7

If a scale allows one to say whether a particular instance has more, less, or the same amount of an attribute as another instance, the scale is said to have

Accepted Answer

A) cross-validity. 
B) measurement. 
C) magnitude. 
D) comparativity. 
A) cross-validity. 
B) measurement. 
C) magnitude. 
D) comparativity.

Question 8

The Triple ZZZ Corporation had 87% black male employees. However, only 50% of the applicant pool was composed of black males. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) translocation. 
B) normalization. 
C) overselection. 
D) representativeness. 
A) translocation. 
B) normalization. 
C) overselection. 
D) representativeness.

Question 9

Suppose that a doctor weighs your child and finds her to be in the 25th percentile for weight at age 2. The doctor rechecks your child every few months to be sure that she is staying near the 25th percentile. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) tracking. 
B) leafing. 
C) quartiles. 
D) percentile monitoring. 
A) tracking. 
B) leafing. 
C) quartiles. 
D) percentile monitoring.

Question 10

A percentile rank is a measure of

Accepted Answer

A) actual performance. 
B) relative performance. 
C) absolute performance. 
D) peak performance. 
A) actual performance. 
B) relative performance. 
C) absolute performance. 
D) peak performance.

Question 11

Comparing an individual's test score only with members of his or her own racial group is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) tracking. 
B) within-group norming. 
C) norm monitoring. 
D) criterion monitoring. 
A) tracking. 
B) within-group norming. 
C) norm monitoring. 
D) criterion monitoring.

Question 12

A test that compares each person with a norm is called a

Accepted Answer

A) transformed test. 
B) criterion-referenced test. 
C) norm-referenced test. 
D) within-group norming test. 
A) transformed test. 
B) criterion-referenced test. 
C) norm-referenced test. 
D) within-group norming test.

Question 13

The performance by a defined group on a particular test is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) quartile. 
B) median. 
C) norm. 
D) tracking score. 
A) quartile. 
B) median. 
C) norm. 
D) tracking score.

Question 14

The standard deviation

Accepted Answer

A) reflects the similarity among a set of scores. 
B) equals the sum of all scores minus the mean squared. 
C) is an approximation of the average deviation around the mean. 
D) always equals 0. 
A) reflects the similarity among a set of scores. 
B) equals the sum of all scores minus the mean squared. 
C) is an approximation of the average deviation around the mean. 
D) always equals 0.

Question 15

A researcher tracks the weights of babies born in a particular hospital. She identifies the number of babies falling in each of the following weight classes: 0-2 lbs, 2.1-4 lbs, 4.1-6 lbs, 6.1-8 lbs, 8.1-10 lbs. What is the class interval for this frequency distribution?

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 10 
C) 2 
D) 1 
A) 0 
B) 10 
C) 2 
D) 1

Question 16

Scales of measurement differ from one another in terms of

Accepted Answer

A) magnitude, absolute measurement, and equal intervals. 
B) magnitude, relative zero, and equal intervals. 
C) numbers, relative zero, and equal intervals. 
D) magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals. 
A) magnitude, absolute measurement, and equal intervals. 
B) magnitude, relative zero, and equal intervals. 
C) numbers, relative zero, and equal intervals. 
D) magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals.

Question 17

Statistical procedures that allow one to make inferences about large groups by examining a smaller sample are called

Accepted Answer

A) populations. 
B) descriptive statistics. 
C) inferential statistics. 
D) ratios. 
A) populations. 
B) descriptive statistics. 
C) inferential statistics. 
D) ratios.

Question 18

In a frequency distribution, the scores, from lowest to highest, are typically arranged

Accepted Answer

A) on the horizontal axis. 
B) on the vertical axis. 
C) in the legend. 
D) in the title. 
A) on the horizontal axis. 
B) on the vertical axis. 
C) in the legend. 
D) in the title.

Question 19

If the relationship between a scale's measured units and some outcome can be described by a straight line or linear equation, the scale is said to have

Accepted Answer

A) predictive validity. 
B) magnitude. 
C) linear significance. 
D) equal intervals. 
A) predictive validity. 
B) magnitude. 
C) linear significance. 
D) equal intervals.

Question 20

In statistics, the Roman letter S refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the variance of a population. 
B) the variance of a sample. 
C) the standard deviation of a population. 
D) the standard deviation of a sample. 
A) the variance of a population. 
B) the variance of a sample. 
C) the standard deviation of a population. 
D) the standard deviation of a sample.

Exam 2: Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing

Which of the following scales would be used when the information is qualitative rather than quantitative?

One advantage of using Z scores is that

Which of the following scales has the properties of magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals?

Exploratory data analysis involves the process of

The second quartile is also the

There are more people with incomes on the low end as compared to the high end. What kind of distribution does this illustrate?

If a scale allows one to say whether a particular instance has more, less, or the same amount of an attribute as another instance, the scale is said to have

The Triple ZZZ Corporation had 87% black male employees. However, only 50% of the applicant pool was composed of black males. This is an example of

Suppose that a doctor weighs your child and finds her to be in the 25th percentile for weight at age 2. The doctor rechecks your child every few months to be sure that she is staying near the 25th percentile. This is an example of

A percentile rank is a measure of

Comparing an individual's test score only with members of his or her own racial group is an example of

A test that compares each person with a norm is called a

The performance by a defined group on a particular test is called a(n)

The standard deviation

A researcher tracks the weights of babies born in a particular hospital. She identifies the number of babies falling in each of the following weight classes: 0-2 lbs, 2.1-4 lbs, 4.1-6 lbs, 6.1-8 lbs, 8.1-10 lbs. What is the class interval for this frequency distribution?

Scales of measurement differ from one another in terms of

Statistical procedures that allow one to make inferences about large groups by examining a smaller sample are called

In a frequency distribution, the scores, from lowest to highest, are typically arranged

If the relationship between a scale's measured units and some outcome can be described by a straight line or linear equation, the scale is said to have

In statistics, the Roman letter S refers to

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