BESC 3010 test one Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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BESC 3010 test one Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers


Question: A variable that classifies people into racial or ethnic groups is what
level of measurement?
ratio
interval
nominal
ordinal


Ans: nominal


Question: The number of students enrolled at UVU each year is an example of
which level of measurement?
ordinal
ratio
nominal
interval


Ans: ratio


Question: The amount of time that a person spends on social media each
week in minutes is a(n) _____ variable.
ordinal
nominal
interval

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ratio


Ans: ratio


Question: If a person's sex is coded as Male = 0 or Female = 1, then that
variable is at the _____ level of measurement.
ratio
interval
nominal
ordinal


Ans: nominal


Question: If a person's sex is recorded as "Male" or "Female," then that
variable is at the _____ level of measurement.
ordinal
ratio
interval
nominal


Ans: nominal


Question: Which level of measurement has a true zero point?
ordinal
ratio
interval
nominal

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Ans: ratio


Question: The only level of measurement that does not place scores or
categories into order (and is therefore the lowest level of measurement) is the
_____ level of measurement.
interval
ratio
ordinal
nominal


Ans: nominal


Question: The highest level of measurement (i.e., the one that contains the
most information) is the _____ level of measurement.
interval
nominal
ratio
ordinal


Ans: ratio


Question: The group of people from whom you actually gather data is called
the _____.
database
sample
population
inferential group