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1. Aostatisticothatosummarizesoaogroupoofonumbersoisoa(n)o statistic.
ANSWER:o descriptive
2. Aostatisticothatousesosampleodataotoomakeogeneraloestimatesoaboutotheolargeropopulationoisoa(n)o
ostatistic.
ANSWER:o inferential
3. Aofive-staroratingosystemofororidesharingodriversoisoa(n)o variable.
ANSWER:o ordinal
4. Aoperson'sopoliticaloaffiliationoisoa(n)o variable.
ANSWER:o nominal
5. Continuousoobservationsocanotypicallyotakeoono valuesothanodiscreteoobservations.
ANSWER:o more
6. A(n)o isoaovariableothatomeetsotheocriteriaoforoanointervaloandoratioovariable.
ANSWER:o scaleovariable
7. Discreteovaluesothatotheoindependentovariableocanotakeoonoareocalledotheo ofotheoindependentovariable.
ANSWER:o levels
8. Aovariableothatoisomanipulatedotoodetermineoitsoeffectsoonoanotherovariableoisoa(n)o variable.
ANSWER:o independent
9. A(n)o
variableomakesoitoimpossibleotoodetermineowhetherotheoindependentovariableoisotheocauseoofochangesoinotheod
ependentovariable.
ANSWER:o confounding
10. A(n)o measureosetsooutotooevaluateosomethingoandodoesothatoaccurately.
ANSWER:o valid
11. A(n)o
variableogetsoconsistentoresults;othatois,oitoproducesotheosameoassessmentooverotimeoforoanounchangingovar
iable.
ANSWER:o reliable
12. isotheoprocessoofodrawingoconclusionsoaboutowhetherooronotoaoparticularorelationobetweenovariablesoi
sosupportedobyodata.
ANSWER:o Hypothesisotesting
13. Whenotwoooromoreovariablesovaryotogether,otheyoareosaidotoobeo .
ANSWER:o correlated
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,14. Eachoparticipantoexperiencesoallolevelsoofotheoindependentovariableoinoa(n)o design.
ANSWER:o within-groups
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15. Participantsoexperienceoonlyooneoleveloofotheoindependentovariableoinoa(n)o design.
ANSWER:o between-groups
16. Whenoinvestigatorsochangeotheiroresearchohypothesesotoofitodataotheyohaveocollectedoitoisoknownoaso .
ANSWER:o HARKing
17. Theoprocessoofo
involvesoresearchersospecifyingotheirodataocollectionoplans,omethods,oandoanalysesobeforeobeginningotheirores
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ANSWER:o preregistration
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