Question 1

Inferential statistics uses population parameters to estimate sample statistics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The number of people who attend an anxiety clinic is an example of a discrete variable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Given the scores 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,what is the value of the following summation notation?
4
S X
I = 2

Accepted Answer

A) 15 
B) 9 
C) 10 
D) 5

Question 4

Dr.Jones wrote a book on Women's Satisfaction with their Marriage and reported 90% of American women are unhappy.However,she failed to report only 10% of the women surveyed actually replied.Dr.Jones has _____.

Accepted Answer

A) a bias sample 
B) a sample of unhappy women 
C) a random sample 
D) both a bias sample and a sample of unhappy women

Question 5

Scales of measurements used in Behavioral research includes all of the following except_____.

Accepted Answer

A) nominal 
B) interval 
C) ordinal 
D) molecular 
E) All of these are correct

Question 6

Sally's dog just received second place for in it obedience class.This is considered a _____scale of measurement.

Accepted Answer

A) Nominal 
B) Interval 
C) Ordinal 
D) molecular 
E) All of the above are correct

Exam 1: Introduction and Mathematical Preliminaries

Inferential statistics uses population parameters to estimate sample statistics.

The number of people who attend an anxiety clinic is an example of a discrete variable.

Given the scores 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,what is the value of the following summation notation? 4 S X I = 2

Dr.Jones wrote a book on Women's Satisfaction with their Marriage and reported 90% of American women are unhappy.However,she failed to report only 10% of the women surveyed actually replied.Dr.Jones has _____.

Scales of measurements used in Behavioral research includes all of the following except_____.

Sally's dog just received second place for in it obedience class.This is considered a _____scale of measurement.