ISS 305
Exam 2
Week 9 –
Question 1
What effect do scientists such as Levitt and Fryer think that a person's name has on their life outcomes?
A person's name in itself directly affects life outcomes.
Names send signals about the person's background or other characteristics, which can affect outcomes.
Longer names show that a person will be more detail-oriented. Names
have no effect on outcomes.
Question 2
According to Levitt, what is the effect of a child's name in the case of a pair of twins where one twin has a
traditional name and the other has a unique name?
The child who was born first had better economic outcomes.
The child with the traditional name had better economic outcomes.
The child with the unique name had better economic outcomes.
The names had no effect on outcomes.
Question 3
What is the effect of having a traditional African American name in regards to employment?
There is no effect in comparison to other name types. It
generally takes longer to find a job.
It generally takes less time to find a job.
The data for this study was statistically inconclusive.
, Question 4
Liberals and conservatives have different preferences for children's names.
True
Question 5
The importance of someone's name for life outcomes is not as important as it used to be, because online
services like Google use algorithms that are blind to a name's ethnic connection.
False
Week 10 –
Question 1
Which of the following is a cause of the gender data gap?
The use of non-representative samples
Lack of female executives in the automotive industry
Hindsight bias
Random generalizability
Question 2
A random sampling of MSU political science majors would be representative of the entire MSU
student population
False
Question 3
A random sample must include all subjects in a given population
False
Question 4
According to the Linder and Svedberg reading, which of the following populations are regulations
concerning the protection of vehicle occupants based on?
Exam 2
Week 9 –
Question 1
What effect do scientists such as Levitt and Fryer think that a person's name has on their life outcomes?
A person's name in itself directly affects life outcomes.
Names send signals about the person's background or other characteristics, which can affect outcomes.
Longer names show that a person will be more detail-oriented. Names
have no effect on outcomes.
Question 2
According to Levitt, what is the effect of a child's name in the case of a pair of twins where one twin has a
traditional name and the other has a unique name?
The child who was born first had better economic outcomes.
The child with the traditional name had better economic outcomes.
The child with the unique name had better economic outcomes.
The names had no effect on outcomes.
Question 3
What is the effect of having a traditional African American name in regards to employment?
There is no effect in comparison to other name types. It
generally takes longer to find a job.
It generally takes less time to find a job.
The data for this study was statistically inconclusive.
, Question 4
Liberals and conservatives have different preferences for children's names.
True
Question 5
The importance of someone's name for life outcomes is not as important as it used to be, because online
services like Google use algorithms that are blind to a name's ethnic connection.
False
Week 10 –
Question 1
Which of the following is a cause of the gender data gap?
The use of non-representative samples
Lack of female executives in the automotive industry
Hindsight bias
Random generalizability
Question 2
A random sampling of MSU political science majors would be representative of the entire MSU
student population
False
Question 3
A random sample must include all subjects in a given population
False
Question 4
According to the Linder and Svedberg reading, which of the following populations are regulations
concerning the protection of vehicle occupants based on?
