Exam 14: Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Quantitative Data

If you want to compare groups in a cross-tabulation,you should use ________ or ________ percentages.

The Houston Area Survey is conducted annually by the Kinder Institute at Rice University.A representative sample is surveyed each year,and the Houston Area Survey is a rich source of data on how Houstonians have changed over time.What type of study is the Houston Area Survey?

What type of graph is displayed below?

Willow has collected information from 12 members of a sorority on campus to see at what age they desire to marry.Here are the responses she collected: What is the range of the responses?

A ________ is the most fundamental concept in univariate analysis.

________ statistics often receive extended media exposure and are the most likely to grab the public's attention.

Explain why it is important for sociologists to have a healthy skepticism about the statistics we encounter daily.

The ________ is the value of the 50th percentile.

Bita has asked a sample of 50 college sophomores how many close friends they have.Most of the scores range from 1 to 4,with two students reporting 0 close friends and 8 students reporting between 5 and 8 close friends.However,there is one student who reports having 27 close friends.When Bita presents her univariate results on the central tendency of this distribution,she should report the

________ replacement occurs when younger people who enter the survey population by becoming adults have systematically different attitudes than older people who exit the population by death.

In this table,Column B indicates the ________ of each response.

Rene compares the income distributions of male and female dentists.She finds that,among dentists,men's average income is higher than women's,but that the standard deviation of women's income is larger than the standard deviation of men's income.These results tell us that

If a research team has asked a sample of politicians to report the U.S.region in which they were born,the team should report the mode to indicate central tendency because region is a(n)________ variable.

The cross-tabulation is using ________ percentages.