1. In a research study, subjects are categorized as either "hospitalized" or "never
hospitalized." This type of categorization is referred to as
A. random.
B. continuous.
C. discrete.
D. prime.
2. Numbers are assig
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1. In a research study, subjects are categorized as either "hospitalized" or "never
hospitalized." This type of categorization is referred to as
A. random.
B. continuous.
C. discrete.
D. prime.
2. Numbers are assigned to each player on the university basketball team. This use of
numbers could BEST be characterized as
A. a nominal scale.
B. an ordinal scale.
C. an interval scale.
D. a ratio scale.
3. An instructor rank-orders students in her measurement class based on their
performance on a quiz of Chapter 3 in the textbook. In this instance, the instructor is
using which type of scale?
A. nominal
B. interval
C. ordinal
D. comparative
4. Kilometres-per-hour is an example of which type of scale?
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. ratio
D. interval
5. Which is the only type of scale that has an absolute zero point?
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. ratio
D. interval
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6. Alfred Binet conceived the assignment of numbers to the results of a person's response
to questions on an intelligence test to be what type of scale?
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
7. The data from most psychological tests could BEST be characterized as which level of
measurement?
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
8. A frequency distribution typically includes
A. the average score and a measure of diversion around it.
B. each possible score and how often it occurs.
C. an estimate of how spread out the scores are.
D. an index of how "popular" a particular frequency is.
9. Frequency distributions may be illustrated in a variety of ways. Which of the
following illustrations is the MOST popular of illustrating a frequency distribution?
A. a histogram
B. a scatterplot
C. a pie chart
D. a radio dial
10. In calculating the mean of a distribution of test scores, the person analyzing the data
takes account of
A. only the extreme scores in the distribution.
B. only the middle scores in the distribution.
C. every score in the distribution.
D. the standard scores in the distribution.
11. The mean, the median, and the mode are all
A. measures of central tendency.
B. measures of variability.
C. measures of dispersion.
D. standard scores.
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