Social Stats Quizzes

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social stat quizzes quiz one: 1. To determine if the items on a test assess one and only one dimension, what type of reliability do you use? Internal consistency 2. In the research process, when should reliability and validity be considered? before you start collecting data, although you may not be able to draw conclusions until you have collected all of your data 3. When should inferential statistics typically be used? after descriptive statistics 4. Statistics describes a set of ______ that are used for describing, organizing, and interpreting information. tools and techniques 5. What type of validity is concerned with monitoring estimates of future performance? 6. predictive If you calculate the average age of everyone in your class, what type of statistic will you have? descriptive 7. x A knowledge of statistics helps us make decisions based on ______ evidence. empirical 8. The difference between the true score and the observed score is the ______. error score 9. What is the correlation between scores from Time 1 and Time 2 called? test -retest reliability 10. What type of descriptive statistic is also referred to as the average ? mean 11. To determine whether several different forms of a test are reliable you use which of the following? parallel forms 12. A test can be valid but not reliable, but it is impossible to have a test that is reliable and not valid false 13. What type of validity is concerned with the adequate representation of test items? content 14. You correlate scores from your test with some other known valid measure that assesses the same set of abilities to see if your test indicates the same kind of outcomes are likely.

You find that people who do well on your test tend to also do well on the known valid measure as well. criterion 15. A researcher examined the effect of different reading programs on comprehension. What is the dependent variable? comprehension 16. The more violent television programs an individual watches, the more likely the individual develop aggressive behavior. What is watching television in the study? independent variable 17. Reliability and validity should be determined after an analysis is already complete. false 18. In the social and behavioral science, observed scores are commonly exactly the same as true scores. false 19. The term used to describe the science of organizing and analyzing information to make the information more easily understood is ______. statistics 20. Inferential statistics is most often used for which of the following? Interpreting data 21. Statistics involves a set of tools and techniques used to describe, organize, and interpret information or data true 22. Descriptive statistics are the next step after you have collected and organized data. false. Inferential stats is the next step 23. If you calculate the average age of everyone in your class, what type of statistics will you have 24. In an experimental situation where you can alter variables through a treatment or other intervention, your variables can contain contain: Only one IV and at least one DVs 25. In a non-experimental situation, where you cannot alter any variables and must rely only on existing relationships, your variables can contain contain: At least one IV and only on DV

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