Unit 1 Questions

Question 1

In what terms is a hypothesis defined?

Answer 1

Variables (at least 2)

Question 2

The subset of the total number of elements that share a characteristic is a …?

Answer 2

sample

Question 3

A sample must be …?

Answer 3

representative

Question 4

can a dependent variable be defined as a proposed consequence?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

What is the independent and dependent variable in this example?

A sedentary lifestyle increases the presence of depressive symptoms

Answer 5

Sedentarism: independent
Depression: dependent

Question 6

What is the independent and dependent variable in this example?

People with high self-esteem will show less anxiety when speaking in public.

Answer 6

Self-esteem: independent
Anxiety: dependent

Question 7

What can quasi-quantitative variables be?

Answer 7

Dichotomized or Polytomized

Question 8

What can quantitative variables be?

Answer 8

Continuous or Discrete

Question 9

What can qualitative variables be?

Answer 9

dichotomous or polytomous

Question 10

What is the variable marital status (single, etc.)

Answer 10

polytomous

Question 11

The variable “age” is quantitative and …?

Answer 11

discrete

Question 12

The variable “income” is quantitative and …?

Answer 12

continuous

Question 13

The variable “temperature” is quantitative and …?

Answer 13

quantitative

Question 14

Order the measurement scales from least to most arbitrariness between values and categories

• interval, ordinal, ratio, nominal

Answer 14

nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio

Question 15

What does arbitrariness mean?

Answer 15

“randomness”

Question 16

What measurement scale does the variable use?

the money artists make from their music

Answer 16

ratio

Question 17

In which variable do values only represent hierarchy?

Answer 17

in ordinal variables

Question 18

in which scale can the mean not be calculated?

Answer 18

nominal scale

Question 19

wich scale admits negative numbers?

Answer 19

internal scale

Question 20

which scale admits proportional relationships (twice as many as)?

Answer 20

ratio scale

Question 21

What scale of measurement corresponds to the variable blood alcohol level?

Answer 21

ratio

Question 22

Which measurement scale corresponds to the variable likert-type scale from -3 to 3?

Answer 22

interval

Question 23

What scale of measurement corresponds to the variable place in a contest (1 first 2 second 3 third)?

Answer 23

ordinal

Question 24

What scale does quantitative/ratio always use?

Answer 24

0 - …
-> 0 is absence of something

Question 25

What scale does quantitative/interval have?

Answer 25

any scale (-5 to 5, -10.000 to 8000, etc.)