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. Which of the following steps in data processing generally occurs prior to data collection?

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. Wild-code checking and consistency checking are techniques for

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. What is the median in the following set of data? 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9

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. In a distribution that is positively skewed, the

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. Consider the following table from the 2016 GSS, which shows the relationship between age and whether someone favors or opposes "the death penalty for persons convicted of murder."




The data in this table suggest that (the answer may require some calculation)

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. For the 2016 GSS, you regress number of hours of television watched on the average day (Y) on number of years of education completed (X) and obtain the following result:
Y = 5.37 – .18X. What would be the predicted number of hours of television watched if the respondent has completed 12 years of schooling?

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. Suppose a small campus survey found that the correlation between alcohol consumption and GPA was −.20 with p < .18. This means that

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. Which variable(s) is (are) controlled, or held constant, in each partial table of Table 1?
Table 1. Percentage of Respondents Expressing Support for Capital Punishment by Level of Education (Low=High School or Less; High=Greater than H.S.) and Strength of Religion (Religiosity)




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. Which statement best summarizes the outcome in Table 1?
Table 1. Percentage of Respondents Expressing Support for Capital Punishment by Level of Education (Low=High School or Less; High=Greater than H.S.) and Strength of Religion (Religiosity)




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. Suppose that after coding marital status as 0 = not married and 1 = married, you regressed the number of hours of television viewing (Y) on marital status (X) for the 2016 GSS and obtained the following result: Y = 3.14 − .50X. This indicates that

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