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Introduction to Statistics
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Introduction To Statistics
Complete Test Bank for Social Statistics: Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results, 3rd Edition by Thomas J. Linneman ; ISBN13: 9781032115283. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 16).....Chapter 1. Life in a Data-Laden Age: Finding and Managing Datasets.
Chapter 2. The Art of Visual...
Social Statistics:
Managing Data, Conducting
Analyses, Presenting Results
3rd Edition by Thomas J. Linneman
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 16)
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,Social Statistics:
Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results
Third Edition
Exam Questions for Instructor Use
Chapter One
Multiple Choice
1.) A researcher assigns numbers to the categories of a variable in a dataset
she is creating. These numbers are typically referred to as:
a.) attributes
b.) codes
c.) cells
d.) signifiers
Correct Answer: b: see page 5
2.) The most specific term to describe the process of taking a variable with
five categories and using it to create a variable with three categories is
called:
a.) recoding
b.) reclassification
c.) collapsing
d.) indexing
Correct Answer: c: see page 7
3.) John takes several variables and adds them together. He is engaging in
the process called:
a.) recoding
b.) reclassification
c.) collapsing
d.) indexing
Correct Answer: d: see page 8
4.) Shahida’s dataset has a respondent with a missing value on a particular
variable. Based on what this respondent’s values are on other variables,
Shahida makes an educated guess as to what this missing value would likely
be. Shahida is engaging in:
a.) recoding
b.) data mining
, c.) imputation
d.) reclassification
Correct Answer: c: see page 9
5.) A set of questions in a survey that may be used in one year of a survey
but not another year is called:
a.) a dataset
b.) a module
c.) a corpus
d.) a topic
Correct Answer: b: see page 10
6.) A survey that uses the same respondents over an extended period of
time is called a
a.) generalizable survey
b.) cross-sectional survey
c.) time-series analysis
d.) longitudinal survey
Correct Answer: d: see page 11
7.) The General Social Survey would not be a good choice if you were
interested in the opinions of:
a.) children
b.) prisoners
c.) residents of mental institutions
d.) all of the above
Correct Answer: d: see page 11
8.) The 2012 American National Election Studies did not use which of these
modes of administration:
a.) face-to-face
b.) Internet
c.) mail
d.) all were used
Correct Answer: c: see page 11
9.) The World Values Survey has been collecting data since:
a.) 1941
b.) 1961
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