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You have a frequency table for the variable religious affiliation. You want to know of the non-missing cases what percent were Catholics. Which column in a frequency table should you use?


A) frequency
B) percent
C) valid percent
D) cumulative percent

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Explain the difference between percents and valid percents in a frequency table.

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Percents express frequencies a...

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"A statistic which summarizes or draws conclusions about the relationship between two or more variables" is a definition of a(n)


A) descriptive statistic
B) inferential statistic
C) multivariate statistic
D) univariate statistic

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which column in a frequency table should you use to find the actual number of cases that gave a particular answer?


A) frequency
B) percent
C) valid percent
D) cumulative percent

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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What kinds of questions are answered with cumulative percents from a frequency table?

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depending on how the rows of the frequen...

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Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   Certain entries in this frequency table have been replaced by letters. What numbers should appear in the table? aaaa _____ bbbb _____ cccc _____ dddd _____

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aaaa = 5
b...

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Answer the question that follows this SPSS output   This histogram presents data for the variable "number of siblings." The first bin represents persons with


A) 0 siblings
B) 1 siblings
C) 0 or 1 siblings
D) 0, 1, or 2 siblings
(Note: * indicates

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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"A statistic which summarizes or draws conclusions about the values on one variable" is a definition of a(n)


A) descriptive statistic
B) inferential statistic
C) multivariate statistic
D) univariate statistic

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   Certain entries in this frequency table have been replaced by letters. What numbers should appear in the table? aaaa _____ bbbb _____ cccc _____ dddd _____

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aaaa = 40....

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Answer the question that follow this SPSS output:    Describe the amount of TV watched daily by the 1980 GSS middle-age adults.

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The most common amount of TV watched dai...

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Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   A) What is the actual number of cases with valid data for this variable?__________ B) What percent of all the cases in the data set have missing data? __________ C) What percent of all the valid cases have the value "never"? __________ D) Do the data support the claim that most persons (that means more than half) pray at least once a day? (State your conclusion and state the numerical evidence to support your conclusion.)

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a. 722
b. 49.3
c. 1.8
d. Yes, ...

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What advantages do charts have over frequency tables? What advantages do frequency tables have over charts?

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An advantage of charts is that they prov...

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What kinds of questions are answered with frequencies from a frequency table?

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questions about the actual num...

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What is the difference between a bar chart and a histogram?

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Bar charts can be generated for any leve...

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Which column in a frequency table should you use to find the percent of non-missing cases that gave a particular answer?


A) frequency
B) percent
C) valid percent
D) cumulative percent

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics?

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Descriptive statistics are only concerne...

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You have a frequency table for the variable religious affiliation. You want to know for which religions you have 10 or more members in your data set. Which column in a frequency table should you use?


A) frequency
B) percent
C) valid percent
D) cumulative percent

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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