COHP 350 QUIZ 1 WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS

bias correct answer A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific. central tendency correct answer mean, median, mode cluster sampling correct answer A probability sampling technique in which clusters of participants within the population of interest are selected at random, followed by data collection from all individuals in each cluster. cohort correct answer a group who experiences a certain event in a specified period of time continuous data correct answer all data that are the result of measuring are quantitative continuous data assuming that we can measure accurately. if you and your friends carry backpacks with books in the to school, the numbers of books in the backpacks are discrete data and the weights of the backpacks are continuous data. convenience sampling correct answer using a sample of people who are readily available to participate cross-sectional correct answer analyze data from a population at a single point in time dependent variable correct answer a variable that is dependent on an independent variable