Test Bank – Statistics: A Tool
for Social Research and Data
Analysis, 12th Edition by
Healey & Donoghue
Statistics - answer-The art and science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data.
Data - answer-The facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and
interpretation.
Elements - answer-The entities on which data are collected.
Variable - answer-A characteristic of interest for the elements.
Observation - answer-The set of measurements obtained for a particular element.
Nominal Scale - answer-Data that are labels or names used to identify an attribute of the
element; non-numeric or numeric.
Ordinal Scale - answer-Data that have the properties of nominal data and the order or rank of
the data is meaningful.
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for Social Research and Data
Analysis, 12th Edition by
Healey & Donoghue
Statistics - answer-The art and science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data.
Data - answer-The facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and
interpretation.
Elements - answer-The entities on which data are collected.
Variable - answer-A characteristic of interest for the elements.
Observation - answer-The set of measurements obtained for a particular element.
Nominal Scale - answer-Data that are labels or names used to identify an attribute of the
element; non-numeric or numeric.
Ordinal Scale - answer-Data that have the properties of nominal data and the order or rank of
the data is meaningful.
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