PYC3704 Assignment 2 ANSWERS Semester 2 2025 Due 19 November 2025

An inference is - - - - -. a generalisation from a specific situation to the phenomenon in general, which have a high probability of being true In quantitative research, 'measurement' refers to which of the options given below? (a) A procedure for allocating numbers to aspects of observations based on a rule. (c) A process of changing an abstract construct into a visible variable. "The mental age of child number one is eight years". In this statement "mental age" is a(n) - - - - -, whereas "eight years" is a - - - - -. variable; specific value of that variable A measurement that summarizes an aspect of a population is called a - - - - - while a measurement that describes the same aspect of a sample is called - - - - -. parameter; statistic A - - - - - is a speculative statement about the relationship among - - - - -, based on observations or expectations. hypothesis; constructs Rose is interested in studying creativity among fine arts students. She randomly selects 100 students who are attending a school for fine arts and tests each of them on a creativity test. In this example, the entire collection of fine arts students which Rose is interested in is referred to as the - - - - -, while the 100 cases which she requires to perform the creativity test are the - - - - -. population; sample A frequency distribution of the ages in months of a class of Grade 1 children indicates for each age in months what the corresponding - - - - - is. number of children of that age If a pupil will be chosen to go on a field trip from a class of 13 girls and 17 boys, what is the probability that Noni (one of the 13 girls) will be chosen, given that a girl will be selected? 0.077 Which statement best represents an application of the law of large numbers? If I flip a coin