Deck 8: Evaluating and Interpreting Information

Question 1

Computer analyses always produce unbiased results.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Reliable research produces results that can be replicated.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following statements is most accurate?
(a)Even a complex effect has only one cause.
(b)Faulty statistical reasoning rarely produces numbers that are deceptive or inaccurate.
(c)Evidence that contradicts your own assumptions should be ignored.
(d)Terminology used to report statistics often hides their real meaning.
(e)None of these statements is accurate.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Evaluating sources involves
(a)identifying a study's sponsor.
(b)ignoring corroborating sources.
(c)assessing the reputation of a printed source.
(d)determining the quality of Web sources.
(e)checking the publication date.

Question 5

Sample size is not important to the strength of a percentage.

Question 6

The margin of is a range within which the true value falls..

Question 7

The purpose of statistical analysis is to sanitize the numbers we collect.

Question 8

Assumptions are ideas that we accept without proof.

Question 9

The numerical measure of the strength of the relationship between variables is called
(a)causation.
(b)a confounding factor.
(c)correlation.
(d)a meta-analysis.
(e)an interpretation.

Question 10

When we come to a conclusion about what we don't know by reasoning from what we do know,we make
(a)an inference.
(b)a claim.
(c)an analysis.
(d)an average.
(e)a fallacy.

Question 11

The most recent information is always the most reliable.

Question 12

If the evidence follows your belief,you are ; if your belief follows the evidence,you are .

Question 13

Anecdotal evidence is always sufficient support for a claim.

Question 14

To check your evidence for weaknesses,do all of the following except
(a)identify misleading terminology.
(b)accept all generalizations.
(c)assess studies for limitations.
(d)scrutinize all statistical analyses.
(e)examine claims of causation closely.

Question 15

All types of research studies have common flaws.

Question 16

evidence includes facts and statistics; evidence includes speculations and data obtained unscientifically.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of faulty statistical analysis?
(a)undefined average
(b)sanitized statistics
(c)bogus ranking
(d)biased meta-analysis
(e)All of these answers are correct.

Question 18

Correlation implies causation.

Question 19

The value that occurs most often in a set of numbers is the
(a)mean.
(b)majority.
(c)median.
(d)mode.
(e)outlier.