Question 1

All hypotheses are derived from theories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

The logic and procedures concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population from observation and analyses of a sample are said to be descriptive statistics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Imagine that you were interested in whether or not individuals had a high school education.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

Accepted Answer

Nominal

Question 4

Imagine you were interested in constructing a measure of education where education was measured in terms of high,medium,and low.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Imagine you were interested in constructing a...

Question 5

An organized and elaborate conceptual scheme that serves to explain how social attributes and events are patterned or related is called a

Accepted Answer

A) law. 
B) theory. 
C) hypothesis. 
D) variable. 
A) law. 
B) theory. 
C) hypothesis. 
D) variable.

Question 6

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
-If the population of a study is taken to be all humans above 18 years old living in CA,then which of the following are samples of this population?

Accepted Answer

A) Females above 18 years old living in CA 
B) Males above 18 years old not living in CA 
C) Children less than 10 years old living in CA 
D) Parents (of females above 18 years old living in CA and males above 18 years old not living in C
A) living in CA 
A) Females above 18 years old living in CA 
B) Males above 18 years old not living in CA 
C) Children less than 10 years old living in CA 
D) Parents (of females above 18 years old living in CA and males above 18 years old not living in C
A) living in CA

Question 7

Which of the following statements illustrates the cumulative property of levels of measurement?

Accepted Answer

A) Nominal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. 
B) Interval-ratio level variables can be measured at ordinal levels. 
C) Ordinal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. 
D) Nominal level variables can be measured at ordinal levels. 
A) Nominal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. 
B) Interval-ratio level variables can be measured at ordinal levels. 
C) Ordinal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. 
D) Nominal level variables can be measured at ordinal levels.

Question 8

A(n)______ is a property of people or objects that can take two or more values.

Accepted Answer

A) unit of analysis 
B) variable 
C) level of measurement 
D) theory 
A) unit of analysis 
B) variable 
C) level of measurement 
D) theory

Question 9

Identify the independent variable,the dependent variable,and the unit of analysis in the following hypothesis: On average,the annual household income of female-headed households is about 25% less than the annual household income of married couple households.

Accepted Answer

Independent variable = househo

Question 10

Statistical procedure can be divided into two major categories: ______ statistics and ______ statistics.

Accepted Answer

descriptiv

Question 11

A research study examining gender composition in the work place is likely using ______ as the unit of analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) gender 
B) male or female 
C) employment status 
D) the organization 
A) gender 
B) male or female 
C) employment status 
D) the organization

Question 12

Religion is a ______ and ______ variable.

Accepted Answer

A) dichotomous;quantitative 
B) statistical;quantitative 
C) nominal;qualitative 
D) dependent;qualitative 
A) dichotomous;quantitative 
B) statistical;quantitative 
C) nominal;qualitative 
D) dependent;qualitative

Question 13

The categories used in the 2010 General Social Survey for the variable highest educational degree include the following: less than high school,high school,junior college,college,graduate school.Identify the level of measurement for this variable.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The categories used in the 2010 General...

Question 14

The number of children per family is an example of a ______ variable.

Accepted Answer

A) continuous 
B) selective 
C) discrete 
D) dichotomous 
A) continuous 
B) selective 
C) discrete 
D) dichotomous

Question 15

Imagine that you are interested in studying the working habits of young adults.You hypothesize that persons first married in their twenties tend to work an average of 5 hours more per week than persons not first married in their twenties.You find a link between age at first marriage and hours worked per week.What three conditions must be satisfied in order for you to have established a causal connection?

Accepted Answer

The cause has to precede the e

Question 16

Suppose that a researcher is interested in knowing whether there is a difference in the age at first marriage between women and men.The researcher hypothesizes that women tend to marry earlier than men.Which variable would be the independent variable?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Suppose that a researcher is interested in...

Question 17

The levels of social life on which social scientists focus are called

Accepted Answer

A) measures of tendency. 
B) dependent variables. 
C) independent variables. 
D) units of analysis. 
A) measures of tendency. 
B) dependent variables. 
C) independent variables. 
D) units of analysis.

Question 18

The total set of individuals,objects,groups,or events in which the researcher is interested is defined as

Accepted Answer

A) data. 
B) sample. 
C) variable. 
D) population. 
A) data. 
B) sample. 
C) variable. 
D) population.

Question 19

Procedures that help organize or describe data collected from a sample or a population are called

Accepted Answer

A) descriptive statistics. 
B) analytical variables. 
C) inferential statistics. 
D) dependent variables. 
A) descriptive statistics. 
B) analytical variables. 
C) inferential statistics. 
D) dependent variables.

Question 20

Why is the average of the sample not equal to the average of the population as a whole?

Accepted Answer

Because the data are

All hypotheses are derived from theories.

The logic and procedures concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population from observation and analyses of a sample are said to be descriptive statistics.

Imagine that you were interested in whether or not individuals had a high school education.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

Imagine you were interested in constructing a measure of education where education was measured in terms of high,medium,and low.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

An organized and elaborate conceptual scheme that serves to explain how social attributes and events are patterned or related is called a

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. -If the population of a study is taken to be all humans above 18 years old living in CA,then which of the following are samples of this population?

Which of the following statements illustrates the cumulative property of levels of measurement?

A(n)______ is a property of people or objects that can take two or more values.

Identify the independent variable,the dependent variable,and the unit of analysis in the following hypothesis: On average,the annual household income of female-headed households is about 25% less than the annual household income of married couple households.

Statistical procedure can be divided into two major categories: statistics and statistics.

A research study examining gender composition in the work place is likely using ______ as the unit of analysis.

Religion is a and variable.

The categories used in the 2010 General Social Survey for the variable highest educational degree include the following: less than high school,high school,junior college,college,graduate school.Identify the level of measurement for this variable.

The number of children per family is an example of a ______ variable.

Suppose that a researcher is interested in knowing whether there is a difference in the age at first marriage between women and men.The researcher hypothesizes that women tend to marry earlier than men.Which variable would be the independent variable?

The levels of social life on which social scientists focus are called

The total set of individuals,objects,groups,or events in which the researcher is interested is defined as

Procedures that help organize or describe data collected from a sample or a population are called

Why is the average of the sample not equal to the average of the population as a whole?

The Organization and Graphic Presentation of Data

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Variability

The Normal Distribution

Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Estimation

Testing Hypotheses

Bivariate Tables

The Chi-Square Test and Measures of Association

Analysis of Variance

Regression and Correlation

Filters

Exam 1: The What and the Why of Statistics

All hypotheses are derived from theories.

The logic and procedures concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population from observation and analyses of a sample are said to be descriptive statistics.

Imagine that you were interested in whether or not individuals had a high school education.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

Imagine you were interested in constructing a measure of education where education was measured in terms of high,medium,and low.Based on the below information,which level of measurement would you use?

An organized and elaborate conceptual scheme that serves to explain how social attributes and events are patterned or related is called a

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. -If the population of a study is taken to be all humans above 18 years old living in CA,then which of the following are samples of this population?

Which of the following statements illustrates the cumulative property of levels of measurement?

A(n)______ is a property of people or objects that can take two or more values.

Identify the independent variable,the dependent variable,and the unit of analysis in the following hypothesis: On average,the annual household income of female-headed households is about 25% less than the annual household income of married couple households.

Statistical procedure can be divided into two major categories: ______ statistics and ______ statistics.

A research study examining gender composition in the work place is likely using ______ as the unit of analysis.

Religion is a ______ and ______ variable.

The categories used in the 2010 General Social Survey for the variable highest educational degree include the following: less than high school,high school,junior college,college,graduate school.Identify the level of measurement for this variable.

The number of children per family is an example of a ______ variable.

Suppose that a researcher is interested in knowing whether there is a difference in the age at first marriage between women and men.The researcher hypothesizes that women tend to marry earlier than men.Which variable would be the independent variable?

The levels of social life on which social scientists focus are called

The total set of individuals,objects,groups,or events in which the researcher is interested is defined as

Procedures that help organize or describe data collected from a sample or a population are called

Why is the average of the sample not equal to the average of the population as a whole?

The Organization and Graphic Presentation of Data

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Variability

The Normal Distribution

Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Estimation

Testing Hypotheses

Bivariate Tables

The Chi-Square Test and Measures of Association

Analysis of Variance

Regression and Correlation

Filters

Statistical procedure can be divided into two major categories: statistics and statistics.

Religion is a and variable.