HCD 300 - Homework 3a Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

HCD 300 - Homework 3a Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
If you were interested in tracking your GPA during the time you are in graduate school, which of the
following might you use? - CORRECT ANSWER - Line Chart



A researcher asked the following question on a survey:

What is your age?

1.) under 18

2.) 18-25

3.) 26-40

4.) 41-60

5.) over 60

What scale of measure is being used for this variable? - CORRECT ANSWER - Ordinal



True or False, box plots are not affected by outliers. - CORRECT ANSWER - False



What term describes the groups that you divide your data into when creating a histogram? (choose
one or more) - CORRECT ANSWER - Class Interval

- Bin



Which of the following visual representations uses bars to display the frequencies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Histogram



Which of the following would be appropriate to use when displaying continuous interval/ratio data?
(choose one or more) - CORRECT ANSWER - Scatterplot

- Histogram

- Box and Whisker plot



Which of the following are among the things to remember when creating figures? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Maintain the scale in the graph