Exam 6: Existing Statistics Research

You want to understand the relationship between consumption of fossil fuels, income per household, and economic health of the region. You find statistics on consumption of fossil fuels by state, but you find income per household by city and economic health by county. What is the problem in using these statistics?

Which of the following is the most appropriate research question for existing statistics research?

You are studying the relationship between employment rates and divorce rates. You find data for both of these by county for all the counties in the nation. The conclusions you draw can be generalized to ______

You are studying the relationship between employment rates and divorce rates. You find data for both of these by county for all the counties in the nation. The best way to draw a sample for this research is using ______

In operationalizing variables for existing statistics research, it is important to ______.

What differentiates existing statistics research from secondary data analysis?

You want to understand the relationship between spending on education, spending on welfare programs, and rates of employment. You find statistics on educational spending by school district, but you find spending on welfare programs by county and rates of employment by city. What is the problem in using these statistics?

Measuring prejudice against immigrants by using a statistic about number of immigrant visas denied is a(n) ______ measurement.

Validity for existing statistics research means ______.

Describe the general steps usually taken to collect data for a research project using existing statistics as the research method.

Explain why you would need to do this for existing statistics.

Give an example of how you would collapse a variable.

In order to investigate the relationship between race and financial aid, which research method would you most likely use?

The fact that existing statistics comes from daily record keeping of government and other offices helps to eliminate ______.

You are studying the relationship between employment rates and divorce rates. You find data for both of these by county for all the counties in the nation. Your unit of analysis is ______

What does it mean to collapse a variable?

Existing statistics is a powerful tool for testing ______.

Portland, OR has a relatively few number of African American and Latino residents compared to other parts of the west coast. You are interested in learning whether people of color who do reside in Portland are concentrated in specific neighborhoods, or whether they are integrated into neighborhoods throughout the city. Explain the most feasible way to find an answer to this question.

Write a research question appropriate for existing statistics research related to teen pregnancy.

Existing statistics are usually collected at the ______ level.