2024
IOP2601 Assessment 04 Complete Answers
Due: Monday, 21 October 2024 @ 20:00
Semester 2/ 2024
(Total: 70 marks)
Weighs 40% of coursework mark
Final Examination Paper
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QUESTION 1
If you were to select 250 of the 500 postgraduate students for this research study,
(a) those selected would be your _______.
P.G. 17 Study Guide.
Sample.
A set of observed scores forming a subset of the population is called a sample.
(b) The study examines two variables: gender and commitment. What is the dependent
variable in the professor’s study?
P.G. 12-13 Textbook
Commitment
Dependent variable are variables affected or determined by independent variables.
(c) This type of research would be classified as ______ statistics.
P.G. 10 Study Guide
Inferential statistics
Inferential statistics – a technique applied to samples in order to make inferences about
populations.
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