PSY/210 M1 Assignment 4 Quiz - A Guaranteed!

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PSY/210 M1 Assignment 4 Quiz - A Guaranteed!

1.The research question is always the same as the alternative hypothesis. (Points : 2)

True
False

Question 2.2.Which of the following is a qualitative variable? (Points : 2)

your height
your weight
your gender
your age

Question 3.3.Scores from a statistics exam are reported as deviation scores. Which of the following deviation scores indicates a higher position in the class distribution? (Points : 2)

+8
0
-8
cannot determine without more information

Question 4.4.After five points were added to each score in a distribution, the mean is calculated and found to be 30. What was the value of the mean for the original distribution? (Points : 2)

25
30
35
cannot be determined from the information given

Question 5.5.Which measure of central tendency is most impacted by outliers? (Points : 2)

mean
mode
median
both the mean and the mode

Question 6.6.A statistic is ____. (Points : 2)

a value that describes an entire population.
a value that is always a positive number
a numerical value that describes a sample
a collection of variables

Question 7.7.If the Standard Deviation, which is a measure of variability, is large, what does it indicate? (Points : 2)

that the distribution has a large number of scores in it
that the graph of the distribution would be very tall
that the scores in the distribution are all very similar
that the scores in the distribution are very spread out

Question 8.8.If we classify the people in your class as coming from the northern part of the United States, or from the southern part of the United States, what scale of measurement are we using. (Points : 2)

nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio

Question 9.9.In which scale of measurement does a score of zero represent the absence of the variable being measured? (Points : 2)

nominal
ordinal
ratio
interval

Question 10.10.A sample consists of 16 scores. How many scores are used to calculate the sample variance? (Points : 2)

2
8
15
all 16

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