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Chapter 12 Practice Quiz
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Which of the following steps in data processing generally occurs
prior to
data collection?
coding of closed-ended questions
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coding of open-ended questions
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editing
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cleaning
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Wild-code checking and consistency checking are techniques for
data entry.
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data modification.
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coding data.
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cleaning data.
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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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5
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In a distribution that is
positively skewed
, the
standard deviation is greater than the range.
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mean is greater than the median.
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median is greater than the mean.
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median and mean are equal.
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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)
there is a near-zero association between age and support for the death penalty.
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younger people are more likely to favor the death penalty than older people.
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older people are more likely to favor the death penalty than younger people.
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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?
2.16
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3.21
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5.19
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5.37
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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
there is
no
relationship between drinking and grades at this college.
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there is a weak relationship between drinking and grades at this college.
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there is a strong relationship between drinking and grades at this college.
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the relationship between drinking and grades is
not
statistically significant.
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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)
level of education
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religiosity
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level of education and religiosity
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attitude toward capital punishment
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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)
The more highly educated are more likely to oppose capital punishment.
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Religiosity is directly related to attitude toward capital punishment.
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There is no association between education and attitude toward capital punishment.
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The association between education and attitude toward capital punishment depends on strength of religion.
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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
married people watch, on average, 3.14 more hours of television than unmarried people.
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married people watch, on average, 2.64 fewer hours of television than unmarried people.
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married people watch, on average, .50 fewer hours of television than unmarried people.
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there is no relationship between marital status and television viewing.
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