BBK99E1 PRACTICAL SHEET THE OPEN
UNIVERSITY FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is the value of the list after this program runs?days = ['Mon', 'Tues',
'Wed', 'Thurs', 'Fri'] days.reverse() days.extend(['Sat', 'Sun']).
Answer: ['Fri', 'Thurs', 'Wed', 'Tues', 'Mon', 'Sat', 'Sun']
◍ To accomplish the goal, an experimental research study must?.
Answer: Mainpulate an idependent variable and control extraneous
variables.
◍ What are the 2 types of statistics?.
Answer: Descriptive and inferential
◍ If you think I have poor construct validity, you are probably concerned
about my?a. operational definitionb. sampling methodc. independent
variable.
Answer: a. operational method
◍ Ordinal Scale.
Answer: The values of data measured on this scale can be a number or a
name, but they can be rank ordered.
◍ What are the four scales of measurement?.
Answer: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
◍ What is the purpose of a table?.
Answer: to organize data
◍ Which of the following describes a task effectively broken into smaller
parts?
I. Writing a book by brainstorming, making an outline, and drafting the first
, chapterI
I. Comparing two different camerasII
I. Using your phone's calculator.
Answer: I only
◍ What do inferential statistics do?.
Answer: Take a sample statistic and use the to predict population parameters
◍ What is selection bias?.
Answer: researcher gathers wrong information
◍ Histogram (description).
Answer: continuous; no breaks in space
◍ What would be the output of the following code?text = "hello"if "a" in text:
print "Yes" elif "ll" in text: print "Maybe" else: print "No".
Answer: Maybe
◍ What is sampling error?.
Answer: the error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole
population
◍ What is the 3rd variable problem?.
Answer: ice cream causes murder
◍ What are possible errors that can occur in sampling?.
Answer: selection bias and response bias
◍ What does it mean if something covaries?.
Answer: means 2 variable vary together
◍ Between factorials means.
Answer: One group receives one manipulation and another separate group
receives another
◍ Eliza will wear a coat if it is raining or if it is less than 50° F outside.
Otherwise, Eliza will leave her coat at home.In which of the following cases
will Eliza leave her coat at home?.
Answer: It is not raining and 50°F
UNIVERSITY FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is the value of the list after this program runs?days = ['Mon', 'Tues',
'Wed', 'Thurs', 'Fri'] days.reverse() days.extend(['Sat', 'Sun']).
Answer: ['Fri', 'Thurs', 'Wed', 'Tues', 'Mon', 'Sat', 'Sun']
◍ To accomplish the goal, an experimental research study must?.
Answer: Mainpulate an idependent variable and control extraneous
variables.
◍ What are the 2 types of statistics?.
Answer: Descriptive and inferential
◍ If you think I have poor construct validity, you are probably concerned
about my?a. operational definitionb. sampling methodc. independent
variable.
Answer: a. operational method
◍ Ordinal Scale.
Answer: The values of data measured on this scale can be a number or a
name, but they can be rank ordered.
◍ What are the four scales of measurement?.
Answer: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
◍ What is the purpose of a table?.
Answer: to organize data
◍ Which of the following describes a task effectively broken into smaller
parts?
I. Writing a book by brainstorming, making an outline, and drafting the first
, chapterI
I. Comparing two different camerasII
I. Using your phone's calculator.
Answer: I only
◍ What do inferential statistics do?.
Answer: Take a sample statistic and use the to predict population parameters
◍ What is selection bias?.
Answer: researcher gathers wrong information
◍ Histogram (description).
Answer: continuous; no breaks in space
◍ What would be the output of the following code?text = "hello"if "a" in text:
print "Yes" elif "ll" in text: print "Maybe" else: print "No".
Answer: Maybe
◍ What is sampling error?.
Answer: the error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole
population
◍ What is the 3rd variable problem?.
Answer: ice cream causes murder
◍ What are possible errors that can occur in sampling?.
Answer: selection bias and response bias
◍ What does it mean if something covaries?.
Answer: means 2 variable vary together
◍ Between factorials means.
Answer: One group receives one manipulation and another separate group
receives another
◍ Eliza will wear a coat if it is raining or if it is less than 50° F outside.
Otherwise, Eliza will leave her coat at home.In which of the following cases
will Eliza leave her coat at home?.
Answer: It is not raining and 50°F
