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ANSWER:g ordinal
4. Agperson'sgpoliticalgaffiliationgisga(n)g variable.
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5. Continuousgobservationsgcangtypicallygtakegong valuesgthangdiscretegobservations.
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1. Agstatisticgthatgsummarizesgaggroupgofgnumbersgisga(n)g statistic.
ANSWER:g descriptive
2. Agstatisticgthatgusesgsamplegdatagtogmakeggeneralgestimatesgaboutgtheglargergpopulationgisga(n)g
gstatistic.
ANSWER:g inferential
3. Agfive-stargratinggsystemgforgridesharinggdriversgisga(n)g variable.
ANSWER:g ordinal
4. Agperson'sgpoliticalgaffiliationgisga(n)g variable.
ANSWER:g nominal
5. Continuousgobservationsgcangtypicallygtakegong valuesgthangdiscretegobservations.
ANSWER:g more
6. A(n)g isgagvariablegthatgmeetsgthegcriteriagforgangintervalgandgratiogvariable.
ANSWER:g scalegvariable
7. Discretegvaluesgthatgthegindependentgvariablegcangtakegongaregcalledgtheg ofgthegindependentgvariable.
ANSWER:g levels
8. Agvariablegthatgisgmanipulatedgtogdeterminegitsgeffectsgonganothergvariablegisga(n)g variable.
ANSWER:g independent
9. A(n)g
variablegmakesgitgimpossiblegtogdeterminegwhethergthegindependentgvariablegisgthegcausegofgchangesgingthegd
ependentgvariable.
ANSWER:g confounding
10. A(n)g measuregsetsgoutgtogevaluategsomethinggandgdoesgthatgaccurately.
ANSWER:g valid
11. A(n)g
variableggetsgconsistentgresults;gthatgis,gitgproducesgthegsamegassessmentgovergtimegforgangunchanginggvar
iable.
ANSWER:g reliable
12. isgthegprocessgofgdrawinggconclusionsgaboutgwhethergorgnotgagparticulargrelationgbetweengvariablesgi
sgsupportedgbygdata.
ANSWER:g Hypothesisgtesting
13. Whengtwogorgmoregvariablesgvarygtogether,gtheygaregsaidgtogbeg .
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16. Whenginvestigatorsgchangegtheirgresearchghypothesesgtogfitgdatagtheyghavegcollectedgitgisgknowngasg .
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17. Thegprocessgofg
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