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1. Ad isdaddatadpointdthatdhasdnotdyetdbeendmanipulated.
A) frequencyddistribution
B) rawdscore
C) normalddistribution
D) positivelydskewedddistribution
2. Whydisditdsometimesdeasierdtodusedadfrequencydtabledtodinterpretddatadthandtodexaminedadd
istributiondofdrawdscores?
A) Rawdscoresddodnotdrepresentdtheddata.
B) Adfrequencydtabledtransformsdthedrawdscoresdbydshowingdthedmeans.
C) Rawdscoresdarednotdbaseddondthedsample.
D) Frequencydtablesddisplaydpatterns,dorganizingdtheddatadbydfrequencydofdscores.
3. Todcalculatedadpercentagedindadfrequencyddistribution:
A) dividedthednumberdofdparticipantsdindadgroupdbydthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdandd
multiplydbyd100.
B) dividedthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdbydthednumberdofdgroupsdanddmultiplydbyd1
00.
C) multiplydeachdrawdscoredbydadvaluedofd100dandddividedbydthednumberdofdgroups.
D) dividedthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdbydthednumberdofdparticipantsdindeachdgroupda
ndddividedbyd100.
4. Itdwoulddbedpreferabledtodhavedadgroupeddfrequencydtabledratherdthandadfrequencydtabled
whenddata:
A) aredadsmalldsetdofdmostlydwholednumbers.
B) includedmanydrawdscoresdanddonlydonedgroup.
C) godtodmanyddecimaldplacesdanddcoverdadlargedrange.
D) containdmanydextremedobservations.
5. Whatdisdonedimportantdreasondfordlookingdatdvisualddescriptionsdofddatadsuchdasdf
requencydtablesdanddhistograms?
A) Thedpatternsdrevealeddindtheddatadmaydleaddtodmoredspecificdresearchdquestions.
B) Visualddepictionsdofddatadarednecessarydfordpublishingdresearch.
C) Rawddatadarednotdusefuldunlessdtransformed.
D) Graphsdanddtablesdshowdwhatdkinddofdstatisticaldtestsdhavedbeendperformed.
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axisdrepresentingdmidpointsdofdintervalsdanddfrequencies,drespectively.
A) frequencydpolygon
B) frequencyddistribution
C) histogram
D) skewedddistribution
7. Adnormalddistributiondisd ,dwhiledadskewedddistributiondisd .
A) nonsymmetric;dsymmetric
B) symmetric;dnonsymmetric
C) unimodal;dsymmetric
D) symmetric;dunimodal
8. Whendlookingdatdaddistributiondofddatadwithdadpossibledextremedobservation,ditdisdi
mportantdtodkeepdindminddthatdthedextremedobservationdmayd theddata.
A) skew
B) floor
C) restrict
D) expand
9. Adpositivelydskewedddistributiondhasdadlongdtaildtodthed
ofdtheddistribution,dwhiledadnegativedskewdhasd
adlongdtaildtodthed ofdtheddistribution.
A) left;dright
B) right;dleft
C) right;dright
D) left;dleft
10. Andeasydquiz,donedondwhichdalmostdalldstudentsdobtaindfulldcredit,disdlikelydtodd
emonstratedad .
A) positivedskew
B) negativedskew
C) floordeffect
D) normalddistribution
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1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. B
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1. Ad isdaddatadpointdthatdhasdnotdyetdbeendmanipulated.
A) frequencyddistribution
B) rawdscore
C) normalddistribution
D) positivelydskewedddistribution
2. Whydisditdsometimesdeasierdtodusedadfrequencydtabledtodinterpretddatadthandtodexaminedadd
istributiondofdrawdscores?
A) Rawdscoresddodnotdrepresentdtheddata.
B) Adfrequencydtabledtransformsdthedrawdscoresdbydshowingdthedmeans.
C) Rawdscoresdarednotdbaseddondthedsample.
D) Frequencydtablesddisplaydpatterns,dorganizingdtheddatadbydfrequencydofdscores.
3. Todcalculatedadpercentagedindadfrequencyddistribution:
A) dividedthednumberdofdparticipantsdindadgroupdbydthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdandd
multiplydbyd100.
B) dividedthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdbydthednumberdofdgroupsdanddmultiplydbyd1
00.
C) multiplydeachdrawdscoredbydadvaluedofd100dandddividedbydthednumberdofdgroups.
D) dividedthedtotaldnumberdofdparticipantsdbydthednumberdofdparticipantsdindeachdgroupda
ndddividedbyd100.
4. Itdwoulddbedpreferabledtodhavedadgroupeddfrequencydtabledratherdthandadfrequencydtabled
whenddata:
A) aredadsmalldsetdofdmostlydwholednumbers.
B) includedmanydrawdscoresdanddonlydonedgroup.
C) godtodmanyddecimaldplacesdanddcoverdadlargedrange.
D) containdmanydextremedobservations.
5. Whatdisdonedimportantdreasondfordlookingdatdvisualddescriptionsdofddatadsuchdasdf
requencydtablesdanddhistograms?
A) Thedpatternsdrevealeddindtheddatadmaydleaddtodmoredspecificdresearchdquestions.
B) Visualddepictionsdofddatadarednecessarydfordpublishingdresearch.
C) Rawddatadarednotdusefuldunlessdtransformed.
D) Graphsdanddtablesdshowdwhatdkinddofdstatisticaldtestsdhavedbeendperformed.
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axisdrepresentingdmidpointsdofdintervalsdanddfrequencies,drespectively.
A) frequencydpolygon
B) frequencyddistribution
C) histogram
D) skewedddistribution
7. Adnormalddistributiondisd ,dwhiledadskewedddistributiondisd .
A) nonsymmetric;dsymmetric
B) symmetric;dnonsymmetric
C) unimodal;dsymmetric
D) symmetric;dunimodal
8. Whendlookingdatdaddistributiondofddatadwithdadpossibledextremedobservation,ditdisdi
mportantdtodkeepdindminddthatdthedextremedobservationdmayd theddata.
A) skew
B) floor
C) restrict
D) expand
9. Adpositivelydskewedddistributiondhasdadlongdtaildtodthed
ofdtheddistribution,dwhiledadnegativedskewdhasd
adlongdtaildtodthed ofdtheddistribution.
A) left;dright
B) right;dleft
C) right;dright
D) left;dleft
10. Andeasydquiz,donedondwhichdalmostdalldstudentsdobtaindfulldcredit,disdlikelydtodd
emonstratedad .
A) positivedskew
B) negativedskew
C) floordeffect
D) normalddistribution
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2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. B
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