(Test Bank) Statistics For People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

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Test Bank for Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 6e Neil Salkind (All Chapters ,) Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 Chapter 1 : Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. When humans first realized that counting was a good idea, this became a useful skill for people to have . a. knowing the alphabet b. asking questions c. collecting informati on d. making decisions Ans: c Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 2. In early times, once numbers became part of the human language, the next step was to attach numbers to _______. a. outcomes b. letters c. places d. time Ans: a Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 3. After the fir st set of data having to do with populations was collected during the 17th century , scientists needed to develop ______. a. general tools to answer general questions b. general tools to answer specific questions c. specific tools to answer general question s d. specific tools to answer specific questions Ans: d Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 4. ______ is one of the most popular, most power ful analytic tools available today . a. SPSS Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 b. Microsoft Word c. Mini Tab d. Excel Ans: a Answer Location: And Why SPSS Learning Objective: Why you should take statistics Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 5. Today, statisticians in many different professional areas find themselves using _______ techniques to answer different questions. a. varied b. new c. the same d. experimental Ans: c Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: Why you should take statistics Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 6. Statistics describes a set of _______ that are used for describing, organizing, and interpreting information. a. statements b. rules and exceptions c. tools and techniques d. numbers and letters Ans: c Answer Location: Statistics: What It Is (and I sn’t) Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 7. _______ statistics involve collecting, organizing, and summarizing data. a. Experimental b. Descrip tive c. Inferential d. Organizational Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 8. Inferential statistics involve _______ the data. a. organizing Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 b. balancing c. editing d. interpreting Ans: d Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 9. The type of descriptive statistic that tells you the most popular or most frequent choice from a number of choices is the _______. a. median b. mode c. mean d. average Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledg e Difficulty Level: Easy 10. The descriptive statistic that is also referred to as the average is the _______. a. median b. mode c. mean d. descriptor Ans: c Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all abo ut Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 11. _______ statistics are often (but not always) the next step after you have some basic understanding of data . a. Descriptive b. Inferential c. Experimental d. Observational Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 12. _______ is to a smaller group of data as population is to a larger group of data. a. Micro group Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 b. Mini group c. Micro data d. Sample Ans: d Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Medium 13. Descriptive and inferential statistics work hand in hand, and which one you use and when depends on ______. a. the question you want answered b. the methods you choose for investigation c. the sample you select d. the population you choose Ans: a Answer Location: In Other Words . . . Learning Objective: How to succeed in this course Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 14. What term is used to describe the science of organizing and analyzing information to make the information more easily understood? a. analysis b. data c. interpretation d. statistics Ans: d Answ er Location: Statistics: What It Is (and Isn’t) Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 15. Which of the following individuals used statistical methods during the 17th century to study the intel ligence of his family members? a. Charles Darwin b. Francis Galton c. Isaac Newton d. Alfred Binet Ans: b Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 16. Which of the following would be used to describe the type of statistical methods used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data? a. inferential statistics b. descriptive statistics c. sampling methods d. population methods Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 17. When did the first collection of a set of data pertaining to populations occur? a. 15th centur y b. 17th century c. 19th century d. 21st century Ans: b Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 18. Who popularized the use of the correlation coefficient? a. Charles Darwin b. Neil Salkind c. Francis Galton d. R. A. Fisher Ans: c Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 19. What term is defined as a set of tool s and techniques used for describing, organizing, and interpreting data? a. inferen ce b. population c. sample d. statistics Ans: d Answer Location: Statistics: What It Is (and Isn’t) Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 20. If your professor tells you, “If you don ’t start with reliable data, you ’ll end up with unreliable results, ” what does he or she mean? a. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. b. A watched pot never boils. c. Don ’t cry over spilt milk. d. Garbage in, garbage out. Ans: d Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: How to succeed in this course Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 21. What will you ne ed to complete most statistical analyses? a. a personal computer b. large computer mainframe c. a slide rule d. a highly trained technician Ans: a Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: How to succeed in this course Cognitiv e Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 22. In what century was the simplest test for examining differences between two groups first advanced? a. 17th century b. 18th century c. 19th century d. 20th century Ans: d Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 23. Inferential statistics is most often used for which of the following? a. summarizing data b. organizing data c. interpreting data d. collec ting data Ans: c Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 24. Which of the following is NOT a use of descriptive statistics? a. organizing data b. interpreting data c. summarizing data d. collecting data Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 25. What type of statistics is used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data? a. inferential b. descriptive c. ordinal d. nominal Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 26. What is a collection of information also called? a. data set b. sample statistic c. descriptive statistic d. population subset Ans: a Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all abou t Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 27. When are descriptive measures most often used? a. to describe how often something occurs b. to determine if a sample is representative of a population c. to predict an outcome d. to determine the ef fect of an intervention Ans: a Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 28. How are inferential statistics most often used? Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 a. to infer to the qu ality of data collected b. to organize and describe data c. to make inferences from the sample to the population d. to plot the data Ans: c Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 29. What is the small subset of the population from whom you collect data called? a. population b. sample c. database d. group A Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 30. What is the larger group from which a sample is drawn? a. sample group b. population c. median d. mode Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 31. What type of statistics employs the use of sample data that is used to infer information about the population? a. descriptive statistics b. ordinal statistics c. nominal statis tics d. inferential statistics Ans: d Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 32. When should inferential statistics typically be used? a. before descriptive statistics Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 b. after descriptive statistics c. at the same time as descriptive statistics d. never with descriptive statistics Ans: b Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive D omain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 33. The average age of everyone in the class is an example of what type of statistics? a. inferential b. mode c. median d. descriptive Ans: d Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: Wha t statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 34. A common goal in statistics is to ______. a. generalize results from a sample to a population b. generalize results from a population to a sample c. generalize results fr om a population to a second population d. generalize results from a sample to a second sample Ans: a Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Medium 35. A knowledge of statistics help s us make decisions based on __________ evidence. a. logical b. unobserved c. possible d. empirical Ans: d Answer Location: In Other Words. . . Learning Objective: The meaning of empiric ism Cognitive Domain: Knowled ge Difficulty Level: Medium 36. Don’t skip lessons —work through the chapters in sequence because ______. a. each chapter is important b. each chapter is full of information c. each chapter provides a foundation for the next chapter Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 d. each chapter is use ful Ans: c Answer Location: Ten Ways to Use This Book Learning Objective: Learning methods Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 37. According to the author, when you are done with the course, you may ______. a. sell the book b. use the book as a reference c. continue doing book exercises d. do not sell the book Ans: b Answer Location: Ten Ways to Use This Book Learning Objective: Learning methods Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 38. One of the most basic ways to en sure some success in doing well in this course is to ______. a. form a study group b. take notes c. talk to your friends d. look up in dictionary Ans: a Answer Location: Ten Ways to Use This Book Learning Objective: Learning methods Cognitive Domain: Comp rehension Difficulty Level: Easy 39. If you do not understand what you are being taught in class, ______. a. ask your professors first b. ask your friends first c. read your book first d. think about it first Ans: a Answer Location: Ten Ways to Use This B ook Learning Objective: Learning methods Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy 40. The best way to learn statistics is to ______. a. ask lots of questions b. think a lot c. practice a lot d. read a lot Ans: c Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 Answer Location: Ten Ways to Use This Book Learning Objective: Learning methods Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Easy True/False 1. Most of the basic statistical procedures were first developed and used in other fields and used to study human behavior much later . Ans: T Answer Location: A 5 -Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 2. The past 100 years ha ve seen numerous examples of new ways to use old ideas. Ans: T Answer Lo cation: A 5 -Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Generally, although sometimes called different things, the same statistics are used in most disciplines. Ans: T Answer Location: A 5 -Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: Why you should take statistics Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 4. A population can be considered all of the occurrences with certain characteristics. Ans: T Answer L ocation: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 5. All members of a sample are members of the population. Ans: T Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics ? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Difficulty Level: Medium Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 Short Answer 1. The introduction of personal computers and their use in statistical analyses ha ve been both good and bad. Give an example of a “g ood” reason and one example of a “bad” reason. Ans: GOOD: Most statistical analyses no longer require access to a huge and expensive mainframe computer; a simple computer , typically costing less than $500 , can do most of what’s needed. BAD: Less -than-adequ ately -educated students will take available data and think that by running those data through a sophisticated analysis they will have reliable, trustworthy, and meaningful outcomes when they do not. Ans: Examples should reflect knowledge demonstrated in pa ssage above. Answer Location: A 5 -Minute History of Statistics Learning Objective: Why you should take statistics Cognitive Domain: Application Difficulty Level: Medium 2. The study of statistics can be intimidating, but it can also be rewarding. Describe at least two benefits to your life as a student by engaging in the study of statistics. Ans: Varies Answer Location: Why Statistics? Learning Objective: Why you should take statistics Cognitive Domain: Application Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Define descr iptive statistics . Ans: Descriptive statistics are used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data. Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Medium 4. Define inferential statistics . Ans: Inferential statistics are used to make inferences from a smaller group of data (the sample) to the larger group (population). Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objectiv e: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Medium 5. What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics? Ans: Descriptive statistics organize and describe data while inferential statistics are used to infer meaning about a larger population from a sample of the population. Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?; What Are Inferential Statistics? Learning Objective: What statistics is all about Cognitive Domain: Analysis Difficulty Level: Mediu m Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , 6e SAGE Publishing, 2017 Chapter 2: Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. The ______ value that best represents an entire group of scores . a. mean b. median c. mode d. average Ans: d Answer Location: Computing the Mean Learning Objective: Understanding measures of central tendency Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 2. Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency? a. median b. mode c. standard deviation d. mean Ans: c Answer Location: Computing the Mean Learning Objective: Understanding measures of central tendency Cognitive Domain: Application Difficulty Level: Easy 3. This measure of central tendency can be considered the most precise . a. mode b. median c. mean d. average Ans: c Answer Location: In Sum . . . Learning Objective: Understanding measures of central tendency Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy 4. This measure of central tendency can be considered the least precise . a. median b. mode c. mean d. other