Exam 1: Introduction

Choose the nominal level variable below:

Which of the following survey items would generate a discrete variable?

In the language of science, a variable that is thought to be causal is called________.

You ask a sample of 27 students in a particular dorm on campus about their religious beliefs and use this information to make generalizations about all students in the dorm. In this research situation________.

Inferential statistics are usually based on________.

Which of the following is a continuous variable?

Summarize the research process as conceptualized in the "Wheel of Science". Identify and explain each of the stages of the research process. At what stage do statistics become central? How? What is the role of statistics in the process?

A nominal-level variable like marital status or gender is always________.

Which of the following questions would generate a continuous variable?

If a variable is discrete, it cannot be________.

If people who habitually drive over the speed limit have more fatal accidents, then speed is________.

In terms of the "Wheel of Science", statistics are central to the research process________.

The variable socioeconomic status ranges from upper class to lower class and is an example of the________.

Which of the following is NOT a nominal level variable?

The data reduction process of descriptive statistics________.

Measures of association are a type of descriptive statistics that allow us to________.

The problem with "push polls" is that________.