M1-2: Quiz (Review)

Question 1

In most businesses and organizations, employees must be ranked according to performance in order to identify those who qualify for promotion. This ranking can be classified as:

Answer 1

Ordinal

Question 2

It is one of the goals of science where it provides answers to questions about why people react to certain stimuli in certain ways, how various factors impact personalities and mental health, and so on.

Answer 2

Explanation

Question 3

In order to save time and money, researchers collect data by:

Answer 3

The use of samples

Question 4

After you asked one participant to answer the test you created, you asked the participant about others like him/her who could possible answer your test. You were then referred to people whom the participant knows are capable of answering your test. This sampling method is called:

Answer 4

Snowball sampling

Question 5

The sportswriter computes for the average point per game of players to determine the MVP of the Season.

Answer 5

Descriptive statistics

Question 6

A survey firm determines if the proportion of people who support the Covid-19 vaccine bill is significantly higher than the proportion of people who oppose it.

Answer 6

Inferential statistics

Question 7

In psychological statistics, the professor determines if there is a significant difference between the performance of students in the AM class and the students in the PM class.

Answer 7

Inferential statistics

Question 8

Students are curious so they survey ABC university College of Arts and Sciences regarding who is/are the most likable professor.

Answer 8

Descriptive statistics

Question 9

Mayor Jimboy wants to know the opinions of voters in Manila about legalizing divorce.

Answer 9

Descriptive statistics

Question 10

What type of scale is the height of a person?

Answer 10

Ratio

Question 11

The methods used to show the essential characteristics of data are called:

Answer 11

Descriptive

Question 12

What type of scale is the method of teaching (discussion, recitation)?

Answer 12

Nominal

Question 13

A discussion at the conclusion of a research study where all participants should be informed about the aims of the study and any minor deception should be revealed. Participants should be returned to their original psychological and physiological states, and they should be offered access to the results of the study should they want it.

Answer 13

Debriefing

Question 14

Inferential statistics refer to:

Answer 14

The confidence with which we can generalize from samples

Question 15

Temperature is most likely a/an _____ data.

Answer 15

interval

Question 16

Inferential statistics allow us to infer something about the _____based on the ______.

Answer 16

population; sample

Question 17

It is a sampling issue that selects cases from a population in a manner that ensures each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected into a sample.

Answer 17

Random Sampling

Question 18

Which division of statistics is based on facts?

Answer 18

Descriptive

Question 19

A major difference between interval and ratio scales is that interval scales don’t have:

Answer 19

Absolute zero

Question 20

It is given to individuals before they participate in a research study to inform them of the general nature of the study and to obtain their consent to participate in the study.

Answer 20

Informed consent

Question 21

When we accept what a respected or famous person tells us, we are gaining knowledge via:

Answer 21

Authority

Question 22

It is a brief description of the entire paper that typically discusses each section of the paper.

Answer 22

Abstract

Question 23

What type of scale is the birth order?

Answer 23

Ordinal

Question 24

Which division of statistics is based on assumptions?

Answer 24

Inferential

Question 25

Tables and diagrams:

Answer 25

Should be effective forms of communication