Test Bank For Applied Statistics I Basic Bivariate Techniques 3rd Edition by Rebecca Warner All 1-18 Chapters Covered ,Latest Edition, ISBN:9781506352800

TEST ilBANK ilApplied ilStatistics ilI i l 3rd ilEdition

,Chapter il1: ilEvaluating ilNumerical ilInformation

Multiple ilChoice

1. Science iljournals iloften ilrequire ilresearchers ilto .
a. guarantee ilsignificant ilresults
b. provide ilnames ilof ilparticipants
c. identify ilpossible ilconflicts ilof ilinterest
d. subscribe ilto ilthe
iljournaliA
l ns: ilC
Cognitive ilDomain: ilKnowledge
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.1 ilSelf-Interest ilor
ilBiasiD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


2. Communicator ilself-interest ilcan ilproduce ilconcerns ilabout .
a. cost ilof ilthe ilproduct
b. credibility ilof ilthe ilmessage
c. future ilresearch
d. methodologyil
Ans: ilB
Cognitive ilDomain: ilKnowledge
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.1 ilSelf-Interest ilor
ilBiasiD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


3. Confirmation ilbias ilis ilinformally ilknown ilas .
a. cherry ilpicking
b. natural ilselection
c. favoritism
d. preferential
iltreatmentiAl ns: ilA
Cognitive ilDomain: ilKnowledge
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.2 ilBias iland il“Cherry
ilPicking”iD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilEasy


4. Research ilwritten ilby ilthe ilperson ilwith ilfirst-hand ilknowledge ilof ilthe ilevents ilof ilthe
ilstudy iliskil nown ilas .
a. a illiterature ilreview
b. questionable
c. a ilsecondary ilsource
d. a ilprimary
ilsourceiA l ns: ilD

,Cognitive ilDomain: ilKnowledge
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.3 ilPrimary, ilSecondary, iland ilThird ilParty
ilSourcesiD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilEasy


5. Much ilof ilthe ilcontent ilon ilwebsites ilfor ilnews ilentities ilis ilconsidered .
a. primary ilsource ilcontent
b. secondary ilsource ilcontent
c. third ilparty ilcontent
d. unreliableil
Ans: ilC
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.3 ilPrimary, ilSecondary, iland ilThird-Party
ilSourcesiD l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


6. News ilreports iland ilwebsites .
a. always ilidentify ilself ilinterest
b. consistently ilidentify iltheir ilcredentials
c. faithfully ilconfess ilto ilbias
d. may ilnot ilinclude ilsource
ilinformationiA l ns: ilD
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.4 ilCommunicator ilCredentials iland
ilSkillsiD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


7. Fraud ilin ilscience ilis .
a. rare ilbut ilhas iloccurred
b. acceptable ilin ilcertain ilcircumstances
c. never ilreported
d. rarely
ilpunishediAl ns: ilA
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.3.5 ilTrack ilRecord ilfor ilTruth-
TellingiD
l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


8. Although ilanecdotal ilevidence ilmay ilbe ilaccurate, ilit ilis ildifficult ilto .
a. replicate ilin ilfuture ilstudies
b. analyze
c. generalize ilto ila illarger ilpopulation
d. gain ilpermission ilto
ilpublishiA
l ns: ilC
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.4.1 ilAnecdotal ilVersus ilNumerical
ilInformationiDl ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


9. The ilpurpose ilof ilcitation ilin ilscience ilis ilto .
a. determine ilvalidity

, b. identify ilthe ilauthors ilof ilthe ilstudy
c. demonstrate ilreliability ilof ilthe ilstudy’s ildata
d. identify iloutside ilsources ilof
ilevidenceiA
l ns: ilD
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.4.2 ilCitation ilof ilSupporting
ilEvidenceiDl ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


10. A illong illist ilof ilsources .
a. can illead ilto ilplagiarism
b. does ilnot ilensure ilaccuracy
c. ensures ilaccuracy
d. ensures ilresults ilare
ilvalidiA
l ns: ilB
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.4.2 ilCitation ilof ilSupporting
ilEvidenceiD l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


11. In ilorder ilto ilevaluate ilthe ilquality ilof ilscientific ilevidence, ilwe ilneed ilto ilknow .
a. how ilmuch ilit ilcost ilto ilcollect
b. the ilname ilof ilthe ilresearcher/s
c. the ilage ilof ilthe ilparticipant/s
d. how ilit ilwas
ilcollectediAl ns: ilD
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension
Answer ilLocation: il1.4.2 ilCitation ilof ilSupporting
ilEvidenceiD l ifficulty ilLevel: ilMedium


12. Participants ilin ilscientific ilresearch ilare iloften ildrawn ilfrom .
a. convenience ilsamples
b. government ilemployees
c. student ilvolunteers
d. prison
ilpopulationsiA
l ns: ilA
Cognitive ilDomain: ilKnowledge
Answer ilLocation: il1.5 ilEvaluating
ilGeneralizabilityilDifficulty ilLevel: ilEasy


13. It ilmakes ilsense ilto ilgeneralize ilresults ilfrom ila ilsmall ilgroup ilto ila illarger ilpopulation
il .
a. when ilthe ilsmall ilgroup ilrepresents ilat illeast il50% ilof ilthe ilpopulation ilof ilinterest
b. only ilwhen ilthe ilparticipants ilresemble ilthe ilpopulation ilof ilinterest
c. when ilmore ilthan ilone ilsmall ilgroup ilis ilincluded
d. when ila ilresearch iloversight ilcommittee ilhas ilapproved ilthe
ilresultsiA
l ns: ilB
Cognitive ilDomain: ilComprehension