Practice Quiz

Chapter 12
Understanding Research Results: Description and Correlation

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1. You want to know if males and females differ in preferences for dogs and cats as pets. You
ask males and females to indicate whether they prefer dogs, cats, or neither dogs nor cats.
When you describe your results, you will compare:

means.

percentages.

medians.

2. You want to know if males and females differ in the length of recommended sentence for
someone found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. You ask males and females
to indicate the number of weeks of jail time the convicted person should receive. When you
describe your results, you will compare:

means

percentages

medians

3. If you are using a nominal scale, the standard deviation is the best measure of variabilility
of responses.

True

False
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4. You conducted a survey of students in your school. You report that half the students work
25 hours per week or less. The statistic you used is the
 mean.

median.

mode
5. Couples who share more similar attitudes indicate that they are more satisfied with their
relationship. This reflects a ___________ correlation.

positive

negative
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6. A correlation coefficient provides information about the strength of the relationship

between variables.

True

False
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7. A researcher assessed the following variables in a sample of teenage males: aggressive

behavior, anger, loneliness, and perceived social support from family and friends. In addition
to examining the correlations among these variables, the researcher tested a proposed model
of how these variable are related to one another. The researcher is using a:

partial correlation analysis.

structural equation model.

multiple regression analysis.

8. You believe that the relationship between the two variables you are investigating is
curvilinear. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient will provide a good index of
the strength of this relationship.

True

False
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9. You expected to find that age is related to more conservative political attitudes. However,
your study found that the two variables were not related. Before you conclude that the two
variables are not related, you should examine the range of values on your age variable.

True

False
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10. A multiple correlation is a correlation between one variable and

another variable that is measured on a ratio scale.

a combined set of variables.

a manipulated variable.
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Correct answers:
1. percentages
2. means
3. False
4. median
5. positive
6. True
7. structural equation model
8. False
9. True
10. combined set of variables

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