Deck 15: Quantitative Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics

Question 1

Which of the following is not a determinant of your choice of quantitative analytical method?

A) The choice and execution of your sampling method
B) The quality and nature of your data collection method
C) The analytical acuity of the researcher
D) The nature and quality of your data

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Missing data occur when questionnaires are not returned by the respondent.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following is not a common type of variable in social science research?

A) Nominal Scales
B) Bivariate scales
C) Ordinal Scales
D) Ratio Scales

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Ordinal variables are variables whose categories can be rank ordered, but the distances between the categories are not equal across the range.

Question 5

Dichotomous variables contain data that have only two categories (for example, sex)

Question 6

In order to gain information about the core characteristics data, researchers usually first examine a ____________ table.

A) Frequency Table
B) Contingency Table

Question 7

Skewed distributions are distributions where two halves of the distribution are not _____________

A) Asymmetrical
B) Symmetrical

Question 8

Where distributions are heavily skewed, there is a lack of __________ in the variables of interest.

A) Symmetry
B) Variability

Question 9

Univariate analysis refers to the analysis of more than one variable at a time.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a form of average recognised in quantitative data analysis?

A) Arithmetic mean
B) Meridian
C) Median
D) Mode

Question 11

Bivariate analysis is concerned with the analysis of two variables at a time to uncover whether or not the two variables are related.

Question 12

A correlation is a 'standardized' what:

A) Coefficient
B) Composition
C) Coexistence
D) Covariance

Question 13

Pearson's r is a method of examining relationships between nominal/ordinal variables.

Question 14

Spearman's rho (ρ) is which type of correlation?

A) Rank-order correlation
B) Bivariate correlation
C) Multivariate correlation
D) Univariate correlation

Question 15

Which is the most accurate description of a contingency table?

A) They display multiple variables simultaneously, providing information about re-occurrence set of responses on the multiple variables
B) They display two variables simultaneously, providing information about co-occurrence of sets of responses on two variables
C) They display single variable relationships, providing information about the response to a single variable
D) None of the above