SOC Statistics Final Terms With Explained Solutions.
What can be referred to as the 50th percentile? - accurate answers-Median
Basic statistic that expressed the magnitude of change in a variable from time
1 to time 2? - accurate answers-Percent change
Are tables that display the #'s of each case in each category? - accurate
answers-Frequency Distributions
If a variable is discrete, it cannot be what? - accurate answers-Continuous
Any trait or characteristic that differs from case to case? - accurate answers-
Variable
Choose the Interval-Ratio variable:
a). Hours worked last week
b). Marital status
c). Letter grade
d). Employment status - accurate answers-a). Hours worked last week
Which of the following is discrete variable?
a). Length of commute to work
b). College major
c). Income
d). Height - accurate answers-b). College major
A graphic device which is able to simultaneously presents the range, the
interquartile range, the median, and the minimum and maximum scores? -
accurate answers-Box Plot
Statistics that are used to MAKE CLAIMS about a population based on data
from a sample are called? - accurate answers-Inferential statistics
Variables that have values that can be RANKED from low to high and the
distance between the values is known? - accurate answers-Ordinal
Choose the Nominal level variable:
, a). Job satisfaction
b). City of residence
c). Years of work experience
d). Happiness - accurate answers-b). City of residence
Wheel of Science indicates that hypothesis are derived from (a) and are
followed by (b) - accurate answers-a). Theory
b). Observation
Theories are more (a), while Hypothesis are more (b). - accurate answers-a).
general
b). specific
Inferential Statistics are necessary in social research because :
a). Descriptive statistics are only useful for describing populations
b). Researchers don't have time or money to gather data on entire
populations.
c). Populations are usually too small.
d). Samples are not accurate representations of populations. - accurate
answers-b). Researchers don't have time or money to gather data on entire
populations.
Sample - accurate answers-A carefully chosen subset of a population. Info is
gathered from a sample and then generalized to a population.
Population - accurate answers-The total collection of call cases in which the
researcher is interested.
The 3 Commonly used measures of central tendency do what? - accurate
answers-Define "typical" or "average" in different ways and will usually have
different values.
#'s that describe diversity in a distribution are referred to as what? - accurate
answers-Measures of Dispersion
What can be referred to as the 50th percentile? - accurate answers-Median
Basic statistic that expressed the magnitude of change in a variable from time
1 to time 2? - accurate answers-Percent change
Are tables that display the #'s of each case in each category? - accurate
answers-Frequency Distributions
If a variable is discrete, it cannot be what? - accurate answers-Continuous
Any trait or characteristic that differs from case to case? - accurate answers-
Variable
Choose the Interval-Ratio variable:
a). Hours worked last week
b). Marital status
c). Letter grade
d). Employment status - accurate answers-a). Hours worked last week
Which of the following is discrete variable?
a). Length of commute to work
b). College major
c). Income
d). Height - accurate answers-b). College major
A graphic device which is able to simultaneously presents the range, the
interquartile range, the median, and the minimum and maximum scores? -
accurate answers-Box Plot
Statistics that are used to MAKE CLAIMS about a population based on data
from a sample are called? - accurate answers-Inferential statistics
Variables that have values that can be RANKED from low to high and the
distance between the values is known? - accurate answers-Ordinal
Choose the Nominal level variable:
, a). Job satisfaction
b). City of residence
c). Years of work experience
d). Happiness - accurate answers-b). City of residence
Wheel of Science indicates that hypothesis are derived from (a) and are
followed by (b) - accurate answers-a). Theory
b). Observation
Theories are more (a), while Hypothesis are more (b). - accurate answers-a).
general
b). specific
Inferential Statistics are necessary in social research because :
a). Descriptive statistics are only useful for describing populations
b). Researchers don't have time or money to gather data on entire
populations.
c). Populations are usually too small.
d). Samples are not accurate representations of populations. - accurate
answers-b). Researchers don't have time or money to gather data on entire
populations.
Sample - accurate answers-A carefully chosen subset of a population. Info is
gathered from a sample and then generalized to a population.
Population - accurate answers-The total collection of call cases in which the
researcher is interested.
The 3 Commonly used measures of central tendency do what? - accurate
answers-Define "typical" or "average" in different ways and will usually have
different values.
#'s that describe diversity in a distribution are referred to as what? - accurate
answers-Measures of Dispersion
