HTH 320 EXAM 1: QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1) a branch of mathematics used to summarize, analyze, an interpret a
group of numbers or observations -- Answer ✔✔ statistics
2) _______________ statistics are procedures used to summarize,
organize, and make sense of a set of scores called: data -- Answer
✔✔ descriptive statistics
3) ______________ statistics are procedures that allow research to infer
whether observations made with samples are also likely to be
observed in the population -- Answer ✔✔ inferential statistics
4) a set of individuals, items, or data of interest from a population of
interest -- Answer ✔✔ sample
5) __________________ is a characteristic that describes the sample --
Answer ✔✔ sample statistic
, 6) a set of all individuals, all items, or all data of interest -- Answer ✔✔
population
7) __________________ is a characteristics that describes the population
-- Answer ✔✔ population parameter
8) 3 research methods used in behavioral science -- Answer ✔✔
1. experimental design
2. quasi experimental design method
3. correctional method
9) _______________ uses manipulation, randomization, and
comparison/control to ensure enough control to allow researchers to
draw cause-and-effect conclusions -- Answer ✔✔ experimental
design
10) ______________ is structured similar to an experiment but lacks
randomization and/or a comparison/control group -- Answer ✔✔
quasi experimental design
11) __________________ used to measure pairs of scores for each
individual and examine the relationship between variables -- Answer
✔✔ correctional method
12) 4 scales of measurement -- Answer ✔✔
- nominal
- ordinal
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1) a branch of mathematics used to summarize, analyze, an interpret a
group of numbers or observations -- Answer ✔✔ statistics
2) _______________ statistics are procedures used to summarize,
organize, and make sense of a set of scores called: data -- Answer
✔✔ descriptive statistics
3) ______________ statistics are procedures that allow research to infer
whether observations made with samples are also likely to be
observed in the population -- Answer ✔✔ inferential statistics
4) a set of individuals, items, or data of interest from a population of
interest -- Answer ✔✔ sample
5) __________________ is a characteristic that describes the sample --
Answer ✔✔ sample statistic
, 6) a set of all individuals, all items, or all data of interest -- Answer ✔✔
population
7) __________________ is a characteristics that describes the population
-- Answer ✔✔ population parameter
8) 3 research methods used in behavioral science -- Answer ✔✔
1. experimental design
2. quasi experimental design method
3. correctional method
9) _______________ uses manipulation, randomization, and
comparison/control to ensure enough control to allow researchers to
draw cause-and-effect conclusions -- Answer ✔✔ experimental
design
10) ______________ is structured similar to an experiment but lacks
randomization and/or a comparison/control group -- Answer ✔✔
quasi experimental design
11) __________________ used to measure pairs of scores for each
individual and examine the relationship between variables -- Answer
✔✔ correctional method
12) 4 scales of measurement -- Answer ✔✔
- nominal
- ordinal
