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Concepts, Variables, and Measurement MCQ

Anything that may vary from one case to the next is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Variable

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The degree to which a variable measures what we think it is measuring is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Validity

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The who or what that data describe. These tend to consist of individuals or groups/places is called units of analysis.

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Correct Answer: True

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Numeric representations of reality that facilitate our ability to describe, communicate, predict, and act is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Statistics

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The degree to which a measure yields consistent results is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Reliability

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_____ consist of a circle cut into “pie slices” that add up to 100%.

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Correct Answer: Pie charts

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Variables operationalized at the ordinal level have attributes that can be rank-ordered, but those attributes do not reflect actual numeric values is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Ordinal

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The process of developing a variable that measures a concept is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Operationalization

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Variables operationalized at the nominal level have attributes that cannot be rank-ordered is called a_____.

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Correct Answer: Nominal

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Mutual exclusive is a necessary condition for variables that is met when each case can be applied to only one attribute of a variable.

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Correct Answer: True

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Opportunities to achieve personal goals originate in class standing are called _____.

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Correct Answer: Life chances

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The degree of mathematical precision that can be applied to a variable is known as levels of measurement.

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Correct Answer: True

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Variables with attributes based on real or relative numeric value is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Ratio

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Individualistic fallacy is a type of _____.

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Correct Answer: Error

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The variable that is controlled or held constant in a hypothesis is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Independent variable

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A prediction about the distribution of a variable or the association between two variables is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Hypothesis

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Used with interval/ratio variables is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Histogram

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A type of error that results from concluding individuals from characteristics of a group is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Ecological fallacy

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The part of a hypothesis that predicts whether two variables are positively or negatively associated is called direction of effect.

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Correct Answer: True

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The variable is influenced by changes in the independent variable is called dependant variable.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of defining what we mean by a concept is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Conceptualization

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An idea that we think represents something in the real world is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Concept

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A necessary condition for variables that is met when the attributes of a variable include every possible response is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Collectively exhaustive

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A series of bars represent the different attributes of a variable is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Bar chart

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A logical set of characteristics for a variable is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Attributes

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A societal condition in which the normative standards of behavior are unclear is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Anomie

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Phenomena that are not explained by existing models of understanding are called _____.

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Correct Answer: Anomalies

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A condition in which people suffer from a “disconnection” between themselves and their work and disconnection from one another is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Alienation

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