S2 EF CERRADAS Flashcards
(50 cards)
What is research primarily aimed at?
Solving a problem
Primary data is defined as:
Data collected for the first time
Which type of data is collected by someone else and already processed?
Secondary data
Data analysis transforms raw data into:
Meaningful facts and ideas
Quantitative analysis is typically associated with:
Numerical data
Which dictionary defines data as ‘factual information used as a basis for reasoning’?
Webster’s
What does ‘editing’ in data analysis involve?
Correcting errors in data
Coding in data processing refers to:
Labeling responses
Classification in data processing is done to:
Group similar data
Tabulation is mainly useful for:
Summarizing data in rows and columns
Which analysis method includes inspecting, cleansing, and modeling data?
Data analysis
Descriptive statistics is used to:
Describe the characteristics of a data set
Which of these is NOT a measure of central tendency?
Quartile
In a normal distribution, the mean, median, and mode are:
Equal
Inferential statistics helps to:
Predict or infer about a population
Which of the following is used in inferential statistics?
Hypothesis testing
A parameter is a measure that describes a:
Population
Which is NOT a stage of data processing?
Inference
Field editing is performed to:
Clean illegible data from survey forms
Descriptive statistics involves organizing data using:
Graphs and tables
Which statistical method tests hypotheses?
Inferential statistics
The process of assigning codes to responses is known as:
Coding
Which statistical method is used to summarize data?
Descriptive
A measure of data spread is called:
Standard deviation