STAT1103 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
\.Science and Scientific practice - ANSWERS-Science: a framework to study
phenomena
Scientific practice: research question, hypotheses, operationalise, design, collect
data, analyse and draw conclusions
Must be objective, emprirical, replicable, public
\.Research methods and implications for conclusions dictated by methods -
ANSWERS-Longitudinal
Cross sectional
Experimental
Non-experimental
Survey
Observational
\.Nominal - ANSWERS-unordered, categorical
, \.Ordinal - ANSWERS-being of a specified position or order, categorical
\.Interval - ANSWERS-numeric scale with consistent differences between points
\.Ratio - ANSWERS-numeric scale with consistent differences between points and
absolute zero
\.Elements of research
Sample:
Population: - ANSWERS-Sample: a representative selection from the population,
form whom you collect data
Population: the wider group you're interested in
\.Quantitative - ANSWERS-Data that is in numbers
\.Qualitative - ANSWERS-Data in the form of words
\.What role do hypotheses play in research process? - ANSWERS-Hypothesis:
specific prediction you have that you want to test
Central to research Literature reviews are used to form them, designs are
constructed to generate data to evaluate them, statistics are used to formally test
them,r esults are used to support or refute them
COMPLETE WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
\.Science and Scientific practice - ANSWERS-Science: a framework to study
phenomena
Scientific practice: research question, hypotheses, operationalise, design, collect
data, analyse and draw conclusions
Must be objective, emprirical, replicable, public
\.Research methods and implications for conclusions dictated by methods -
ANSWERS-Longitudinal
Cross sectional
Experimental
Non-experimental
Survey
Observational
\.Nominal - ANSWERS-unordered, categorical
, \.Ordinal - ANSWERS-being of a specified position or order, categorical
\.Interval - ANSWERS-numeric scale with consistent differences between points
\.Ratio - ANSWERS-numeric scale with consistent differences between points and
absolute zero
\.Elements of research
Sample:
Population: - ANSWERS-Sample: a representative selection from the population,
form whom you collect data
Population: the wider group you're interested in
\.Quantitative - ANSWERS-Data that is in numbers
\.Qualitative - ANSWERS-Data in the form of words
\.What role do hypotheses play in research process? - ANSWERS-Hypothesis:
specific prediction you have that you want to test
Central to research Literature reviews are used to form them, designs are
constructed to generate data to evaluate them, statistics are used to formally test
them,r esults are used to support or refute them
