Deck 29: Descriptive Statistics

Question 1

Most research studies require the use of complex statistics such as regression.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Boxplots can be especially helpful for displaying the distribution of responses when the responses are skewed.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The creation of fake data, such as creating a fictitious row of data in a spreadsheet for people who never completed a questionnaire or never participated in an experiment is referred to as which of the following?

A) Fabrication
B) Falsification
C) Plagiarism
D) Justification

Answer 3

A

Question 4

For what type of variables is it not possible to create a histogram or boxplot?

A) Ratio variables
B) Interval variables
C) Ordinal variables
D) Categorical variables

Question 5

What type of variables typically result from counting something so there are gaps between acceptable values?

A) Nominal variables
B) Binomial variables
C) Continuous variables
D) Discrete variables