Deck 9: Data Tools

Question 1

What type of data are defined as variables that are named and placed into groups, classification, or classes?

A) Ordinal Data
B) Categorical Data
C) Nominal Data
D) Ratio Data

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What type of data has no particular order in response categories and codes are arbitrary?

A) Ordinal Data
B) Categorical Data
C) Nominal Data
D) Ratio Data

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What type of data has equal space between each variable?

A) Ordinal Data
B) Continuous Data
C) Nominal Data
D) Ratio Data

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which measure of central tendency score is used for interval and ratio data, but not for nominal or ordinal?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Variance

Question 5

Variance is defined as:

A) Standard deviation multiplied by two
B) Standard deviation divided by two
C) Square root of standard deviation
D) Square of the standard deviation

Question 6

Biological sex, and place of birth are examples of nominal data.

Question 7

Ordinal Data have an assumed order, or rank, as well as a consistent distance between variables.

Question 8

When there are an even number of scores, the median is calculated by adding the two middle scores together and dividing by the mean.

Question 9

If data is evenly distributed, graphics will show that the mean and median are the same.

Question 10

In a positive skew, the median is greater than the mean.

Question 11

The type of data that has even intervals and an absolute zero point is ________ data.

Question 12

___________ are generally used to display nominal data, while __________ polygons display continuous data.

Question 13

A _______ standard deviation show that the data are gathered tightly around the mean, whereas ________ standard deviation shows that the data are dispersed or spread out far from the mean.

Question 14

Match the following measures of central tendency to their proper definition
-Mean

A)Defined as the average score
B)Defined as the middle value of the data
C)Defined as the most frequently occurring score

Question 15

Match the following measures of central tendency to their proper definition
-Median

A)Defined as the average score
B)Defined as the middle value of the data
C)Defined as the most frequently occurring score

Question 16

Match the following measures of central tendency to their proper definition
-Mode

A)Defined as the average score
B)Defined as the middle value of the data
C)Defined as the most frequently occurring score