Social Statistics For A Diverse Society 8th Edition By Frankfort Nachmias - Test Bank
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Social Statistics Test Bank
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Social Statistics Test Bank
Chapter 4: Measures of Variability
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Multiple Choice
1. Numbers that describe diversity in a distribution are referred to as measures of
a. central tendency.
b. association.
c. variability.
d. standard deviation.
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 4-1: Explain the importance of measuri...
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Frankfort-Nachmias, Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 8e
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Chapter 1: The What and the Why of Statistics
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Multiple Choice
1. An organized and elaborate conceptual scheme that serves to explain how social
attributes and events are patterned or related is called a
a. law.
b. theory.
c. hypothesis.
d. variable.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Role of Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Procedures that help organize or describe data collected from a sample or a
population are called
a. descriptive statistics.
b. analytical variables.
c. inferential statistics.
d. dependent variables.
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The levels of social life on which social scientists focus are called
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Frankfort-Nachmias, Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 8e
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a. measures of tendency.
b. dependent variables.
c. independent variables.
d. units of analysis.
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Formulating the Hypotheses
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Researchers use the term ______ to refer to information that is obtained and verified
by direct experience.
a. variable
b. unit of analysis
c. empirical research
d. theory
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Asking Research Questions
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. A(n) ______ is a tentative prediction about how empirical events or attributes will be
related or patterned.
a. theory
b. estimate
c. law
d. hypothesis
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the five stages of the research process
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
, Instructor Resource
Frankfort-Nachmias, Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 8e
SAGE Publications, 2018
Answer Location: Formulating the Hypotheses
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The total set of cases, objects, groups, or events in which the researcher is interested
is called the
a. population.
b. sample.
c. entity.
d. variable.
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. A subset of cases selected from the total set of cases is referred to as the
a. population.
b. sample.
c. entity.
d. variable.
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 1-4: Apply descriptive and inferential statistical procedures
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. A(n) ______ is a property of people or objects that can take two or more values.
a. unit of analysis
b. variable
c. level of measurement
d. theory
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