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Psych Stat Quiz 1

The document is a long quiz on psychological statistics covering various topics such as classification of variables, levels of measurement, types of research, and data analysis techniques. It includes sections for identifying quantitative and qualitative variables, determining levels of measurement, classifying research types, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and calculating statistical measures like mean, median, mode, and range. The quiz is structured with multiple-choice questions and data sets for analysis.

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Psych Stat Quiz 1

The document is a long quiz on psychological statistics covering various topics such as classification of variables, levels of measurement, types of research, and data analysis techniques. It includes sections for identifying quantitative and qualitative variables, determining levels of measurement, classifying research types, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and calculating statistical measures like mean, median, mode, and range. The quiz is structured with multiple-choice questions and data sets for analysis.

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LONG QUIZ IN PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________

I. Classify if the following is quantitative or qualitative variable. Write QT for quantitative and QL for
qualitative.

1. ______ Number of students in a class


2. ______ Number of square feet in a house
3. ______ Population size of a city
4. ______ Age of an individual
5. ______ Height of an individual
6. ______ Eye color (e.g. “blue”, “green”, “brown”)
7. ______ Gender (e.g. “male”, “female”)
8. ______ Breed of dog (e.g. “lab”, “bulldog”, “poodle”)

II. Identify the level of measurement. Write N for nominal, O for ordinal, I for interval, and R for ratio.
1. ______ The numbers don’t define the object characteristics. The only permissible aspect of numbers in this scale is
“counting.”
2. ______ It shows the relative ranking of the variables
3. ______ Ranking of school students – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
4. ______ Ratings in restaurants
5. ______ Evaluating the frequency of occurrences (Very often, Often, Not often, Not at all)
6. ______ Assessing the degree of agreement (Totally agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Totally disagree)
7. ______ What is your weight in kilograms?
8. ______ It has a feature of absolute zero

III. Identify the following examples of research if its experimental, quasi-experimental or correlational. Write
E, Q, or C respectively.
1. ______Testing the effectiveness of a new drug by randomly assigning participants to either a group receiving the
drug or a placebo, then comparing the outcomes between the groups to see if the drug had a significant effect.
2. ______Studying the impact of a new school curriculum on student test scores by comparing the performance of
students in a class that implemented the new curriculum to another class that continued with the old curriculum
(where the groups were not randomly assigned).
3. ______Examining the relationship between hours spent studying and test scores by collecting data on both variables
from a group of students and analyzing if there is a positive, negative, or no relationship between them.
4. ______Investigating the impact of different teaching methods on student engagement by randomly assigning
students to different teaching styles and comparing their participation levels.
5. ______Comparing the academic performance of students in a school that recently implemented a new after-school
program to students in a similar school without the program.

IV. Make a stem-and-leaf plot of this data. (3 points) Use the space provided below.

1.) 26, 37, 48, 33, 49, 26, 19, 26, 48


2.) 67, 42, 58, 41, 54, 65, 65, 54, 69, 53

3.) 74, 88, 97, 72, 79, 86, 95, 79, 83, 91

4.) The stem and leaf diagram below, shows the ages of the teachers at a school. Answer the questions below.

How many teachers work at the school? ______


How many teachers are less than 35 years old?______
What is the mode?____

V. Find the mean, median, mode and range for the given data:
1.) 90, 94, 53, 68, 79, 94, 53, 65, 87, 90, 70, 69, 65, 89, 85, 53, 47, 61, 27, 80

Mean:

Median:

Mode:

Range:
2.) 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 8

Mean:

Median:

Mode:

Range:

3.) 11, 10, 12, 12, 9, 10, 14, 12, 9


Mean:

Median:

Mode:

Range:

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