PSY1110_ONLINE_MIDTERM_EXAM_SUMMER.pdf - Psychology 1110-...

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Psychology 1110-- Mid-term Exam
Elementary Statistical Reasoning — Online
Dr. Craig C. McCarthy
-The exam will be graded out of 100 total points
(25% of your grade)
-There are 5 additional short answer questions
2 (total) extra credit points.
Write answers for the following and submit them via email according to the schedule in the
course syllabus. Be sure your answers are contained in the body of your message. Do NOT send
them as attachments.
Send your answers to Mid-term Exam to the instructor: [email protected]
The questions are structured so that a single letter, word, or number will suffice. Computational
questions are arranged so that partial credit can be given for each step answered correctly.
Always use the following model to submit your answers to the questions.
EXAMPLE:
Your name:
Midterm Exam:
Answers
Q1 C
Q2 B
Q3 A, etc.
If the question requires computation, do the calculations and then give the correct
values as follows:
(Always hold all decimal values through your computations, and round final
answers to at least two decimal places)!
Q4 7
Q5 4
Q6 22, etc.
If the question is a fill in the blank, just put in the appropriate word(s) as follows:
Q7 statistics
Q8 dependent variable, etc.

Q1: The goal(s) of statistical procedures are to
Q2: Parameter is to population as _________ is to sample Q3: The concept of generalizing from a few observations to an entire group is central to the
Q4: Statistical questions tend to fall into what two main categories?
A. samples or populations
B. relationships or categories
C. relationships or differences
D. differences or categories
E. none of the above
Q5: An example of descriptive statistics would be
For the following 4 questions (Q6 to Q9) identify the scale of measurement.
Use the following system:
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Q6: Gender
Q7: The amount of time it takes you to shower
Q8: The Fahrenheit temperature scale
Q9: Students voting for their preferred professors by ranking them

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