Exam 16: Exploring,Displaying,and Examining Data

Which type of display represents frequency data as a bar chart,ordered from most to least,overlayed with a line graph denoting the cumulative percentage at each variable level?

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Explain why percentage decreases can never exceed 100%.

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If a person attempts to calculate the percentage decrease but uses the lower figure as a base,the percentage that results will be incorrect.The higher figure should always be the denominator.For example,if a price is reduced from $1 to $.25,the decrease would be 75 divided by 100 or 75%.

Which of the following display choices is most similar to the histogram?

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Which type of chart uses bars to represent data values such that each value occupies an equal amount of area within the enclosed area?

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In table design,titles should include ____.

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When will the valid percent figure in a frequency table differ from the percent figure?

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Question 6

The _____ is used to test the statistical significance of the observed association in cross-tabulation.

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What advantages do stem-and-leaf displays provide over histograms?

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Question 8

The data partitioning procedure that can search up to 300 variables for the single best predictor of a dependent variable is called _____.

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Question 9

The vertical axis on a histogram indicates the _____.

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The primary benefit of exploratory data analysis is its ability to be _____.

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Question 11

Which of the research questions/hypotheses below is best answered using cross-tabulations?

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Question 12

Data analysis is _____ when the analytical process is guided by classical statistical inference in its use of significance and confidence.

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Question 13

In table design,you don't round the data numbers when ____.

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Question 14

In a _____ category codes are ordered from lowest value to highest value with columns for count,percent,valid percent,and cumulative percent.

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The purpose of a control variable is to _____.

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Question 16

A stem-and-leaf display differs from a histogram in that a stem-and-leaf display _____.

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Question 17

What oversight has occurred in the following example? The price is reduced by 400% because it was $1 and is now just 25 cents.

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Which type of graphical depiction of frequency values uses a circle shape divided into triangles such that each triangle represents the frequency value it represents?

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Question 19

A tree-type frequency distribution that specifies each data value without equal interval grouping is called a _____.

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Exam 16: Exploring,Displaying,and Examining Data

Which type of display represents frequency data as a bar chart,ordered from most to least,overlayed with a line graph denoting the cumulative percentage at each variable level?

Explain why percentage decreases can never exceed 100%.

Which of the following display choices is most similar to the histogram?

Which type of chart uses bars to represent data values such that each value occupies an equal amount of area within the enclosed area?

In table design,titles should include ____.

When will the valid percent figure in a frequency table differ from the percent figure?

The _____ is used to test the statistical significance of the observed association in cross-tabulation.

What advantages do stem-and-leaf displays provide over histograms?

The data partitioning procedure that can search up to 300 variables for the single best predictor of a dependent variable is called _____.

The vertical axis on a histogram indicates the _____.

The primary benefit of exploratory data analysis is its ability to be _____.

Which of the research questions/hypotheses below is best answered using cross-tabulations?

Data analysis is _____ when the analytical process is guided by classical statistical inference in its use of significance and confidence.

In table design,you don't round the data numbers when ____.

In a _____ category codes are ordered from lowest value to highest value with columns for count,percent,valid percent,and cumulative percent.

The purpose of a control variable is to _____.

A stem-and-leaf display differs from a histogram in that a stem-and-leaf display _____.

What oversight has occurred in the following example? The price is reduced by 400% because it was $1 and is now just 25 cents.

Which type of graphical depiction of frequency values uses a circle shape divided into triangles such that each triangle represents the frequency value it represents?

A tree-type frequency distribution that specifies each data value without equal interval grouping is called a _____.

Research in Business

Ethics in Business Research

Thinking Like a Researcher

The Research Process: an Overview

Clarifying the Research Question Through Secondary Data and Exploration

Research Design: An Overview

Qualitative Research

Observation Studies

Experiments

Surveys

Measurement

Measurement Scales

Questionnaires and Instruments

Sampling

Data Preparation and Description

Hypothesis Testing

Measures of Association

Presenting Insights and Findings: Written Reports

Presenting Insights and Findings: Oral Presentations

Appendix 1A: How the Industry Works

Appendix 5A and 5B: Bibliographic Database Searchers and Advanced Searches

Appendix 9B: Test Markets

Appendix: Multivariate Supplement

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