Question 1

Which one of the following terms least belongs with the others?

Accepted Answer

A)  dependent variable 
B)  Y-axis 
C)  vertical 
D)  X-axis 
A)  dependent variable 
B)  Y-axis 
C)  vertical 
D)  X-axis

Question 2

Line graphs should not be used to describe ____ data.

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical 
B)  continuous 
C)  quantitative 
D)  frequency 
A)  categorical 
B)  continuous 
C)  quantitative 
D)  frequency

Question 3

A frequency distribution shows a(n)____ on the y-axis and a(n)____ on the x-axis.

Accepted Answer

A)  dependent variable, independent variable 
B)  frequency, independent variable 
C)  frequency, dependent variable 
D)  independent variable, frequency 
A)  dependent variable, independent variable 
B)  frequency, independent variable 
C)  frequency, dependent variable 
D)  independent variable, frequency

Question 4

Vertical lines that indicate plus or minus 1 standard deviation of the data on a graph are

Accepted Answer

A)  Error bars 
B)  Skewed distributions 
C)  Median splits 
D)  part of Box and Whisker plots 
A)  Error bars 
B)  Skewed distributions 
C)  Median splits 
D)  part of Box and Whisker plots

Question 5

Which one of the following distributions is probably negatively skewed?

Accepted Answer

A)  family income in dollars per year 
B)  scores on a very difficult test 
C)  scores on a moderately difficult test 
D)  scores on a very easy test 
A)  family income in dollars per year 
B)  scores on a very difficult test 
C)  scores on a moderately difficult test 
D)  scores on a very easy test

Which one of the following terms least belongs with the others?

Line graphs should not be used to describe ____ data.

A frequency distribution shows a(n) on the y-axis and a(n) on the x-axis.

Vertical lines that indicate plus or minus 1 standard deviation of the data on a graph are

Which one of the following distributions is probably negatively skewed?

Psychology and Science

Developing a Research Question

Ethics in Research

Writing in Psychology

Variables

Validity

Control

Nonexperimental Research, part 1: Observational, archival, and Case-Study Research

Nonexperimental Research, part 2: Survey Research

True Experiments, part 1: Single-Factor Designs

True Experiments, part 2: Factorial Designs

Single-Subject Experiments

Quasi Experiments

Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology

Filters

Exam 6: Tabular and Graphical Description of Data

Which one of the following terms least belongs with the others?

Line graphs should not be used to describe ____ data.

A frequency distribution shows a(n)____ on the y-axis and a(n)____ on the x-axis.

Vertical lines that indicate plus or minus 1 standard deviation of the data on a graph are

Which one of the following distributions is probably negatively skewed?

Psychology and Science

Developing a Research Question

Ethics in Research

Writing in Psychology

Variables

Validity

Control

Nonexperimental Research, part 1: Observational, archival, and Case-Study Research

Nonexperimental Research, part 2: Survey Research

True Experiments, part 1: Single-Factor Designs

True Experiments, part 2: Factorial Designs

Single-Subject Experiments

Quasi Experiments

Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology

Filters

A frequency distribution shows a(n) on the y-axis and a(n) on the x-axis.