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Hypotheses are generally broken down
into…..and…….? |
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Definition
| Null Hypothesis and Research Hypothesis |
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Term
Are operationalized definitions the
same that may be used in the field or
used by a researcher in prior studies? |
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Definition
| No, They don't have to match |
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Term
Statistical analysis is the nuts and
bolts worth that gives
researchers……? |
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Definition
| the information needed to determine the success and failure |
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Term
If the researcher is using a deductive
process that drawing conclusions is
the point at which what happens? |
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Definition
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Term
Does level of measurement influence
what kind of statistical analysis can
be performed? |
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Definition
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Term
The lowest level of data in terms of
levels of measurement is? |
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Definition
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Term
| What level of data has a true zero? |
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Definition
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Term
Why is the mean VERY important to
statistical analyses? |
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Definition
| It is the basis of many of the formulas for higher order statistical procedures |
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Term
Is the mode the frequency of the
number that occurs most often in the
distribution? |
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Definition
| No, it is the category or class |
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Term
Is it possible for there to be more than
1 mode is a distribution? |
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Definition
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Term
A standard normal curve is
mesokurtic? |
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Definition
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Term
Is the closer of the values of skewness
and kurtosis to 0, the better the
distribution approaches to a normal
curve? |
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Definition
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Term
Does a bivariate table display the
frequencies of two variables separately
or together? |
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Definition
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Term
In an ordinal level table, should the
row headings be arranged in
descending order? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you create a bivariate table in
SPSS? |
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Definition
| Analyze-Descriptives-Crosstabs |
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Term
| Can a nominal level table provide information about the direction of association between two variables? |
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Definition
| No determination can be made concerning the direction of the data because nominal data cannot be ordered |
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Term
Is the ordering of categories in a
nominal level table as important as
in an ordinal level table? |
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Definition
| No, its not important in a nominal table |
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Term
| What is the null hypothesis of chisquare test? |
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Definition
| No significant relationship between two variables |
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Term
How are degrees of freedom calculated
for a chi-square test? |
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Definition
| Numbers of Rows minus one times the number of columns minus 1 |
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Term
Is chi-square heavily influenced by
sample size? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is descriptive analysis? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is statistical analysis? |
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Definition
| clearest method of examining numbers |
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Term
What do inferential statistics allow you
to do? |
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Definition
| Allows us to see if there is a relationship |
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Term
| What questions does theory ask? |
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Definition
| What is the point?, What does it mean?, Why are things this way? |
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Term
Research methods are about
testing…? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the first step in the process of
scientific inquiry? |
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Definition
| Observation and Inquisitiveness |
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Term
How many variable(s) does an
univariate analysis deal with at a
time? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| 50th percentile of the distribution |
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Term
In a bivariate table, the dependent
variable is often in the….? |
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Definition
Dependent: Rows
Independent: Columns |
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Term
A bivariate table has 4 columns and 3
rows, it is a……? |
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Definition
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Term
The cell frequency is usually denoted
by what symbol? |
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Definition
| N(little ij) N (little rc) |
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Term
The level of data in the table, and thus
the table itself, is an important
consideration in analysis because the
level of data will determine what? |
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Definition
| The type of analysis you're going to do |
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Term
The row percentage of a cell is
calculated by dividing the cell
frequency with…? |
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Definition
| column total, row total, or N then multiply by 100 |
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Term
Why are bivariate tables seldom used
for interval and ratio data? |
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Definition
| Because they get messy/confusing to use |
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Term
In SPSS, in order to arrange the
categories in descending order, you
need to check the box marked
descending after you click what? |
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Definition
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Term
With ordinal level data, the goal is
to…. |
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Definition
| Predict the rank order of pairs of scores instead of the modal value |
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Term
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Definition
| Asymmetric ordinal level measure of association |
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Term
Ordinal level data that is fully ordered
and interval level data that is not
normally distributed is generally
analyzed using? |
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Definition
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Term
The most popular measure of
association at the nominal level is? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the 3 types of symmetry of a
distribution? |
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Definition
| Symmetrical, positively skewed, and negatively skewed |
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