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Statistics Unit 1

Eve Nelson avatar Eve Nelson
7 September 2022
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Intentionally worded to elicit a desired response
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Survey questions may be misleading if they are "loaded". To what does "loaded" refer?
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Quiz scores from a college level statistics course are analyzed to determine student progress.
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Which of the following is NOT a voluntary response sample?
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An effective sampling method
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Which of the following would NOT cast doubt of the usefulness of sample data?
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To learn to distinguish between statistical conclusions that are likely to be valid and those that are seriously flawed
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What is the goal of learning statistics?
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Sampling Method
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If we are collecting sample data for a study, the _____ that we choose can greatly influence the validity of our conclusions. For example, we can use sound statistical methods to analyze data in voluntary response samples, but the results are not necessarily valid.
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Utilizing valid statistical methods and correct sampling techniques
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Which of the following is NOT a misuse of statistics?
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The likelihood of getting these result by chance is very small.
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What does it mean for the findings of a statistical analysis of data to be statistically significant.
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Interval level
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The data can be ordered and the differences between data values are meaningful, no natural starting point
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Nominal level
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data consists of names, labels, or categories only, no order
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Ordinal level
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The data can be ordered, but the differences between data values are meaningless.
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Ratio level
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The data can be ordered, differences and ratios are meaningful, and there is a meaningful zero value
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parameter
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data obtained from an entire population
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Quantitative
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not a level of measurement