CJ 350 Callie's Ch. 12

The primary purpose of researchers conducting research is to ______.

• publish their work
• receive notoriety for their findings
• answer a research question
• teach students how to conduct research

Quantitative analysis and findings should begin with which of the following?

• an abstract containing details of the entire study
• a research question
• a description of the data
• recommendations for future research

A table that displays the number of times a particular value or category is observed in the data is referred to as ______.

• a descriptive analysis
• a frequency distribution
• measures of dispersion
• measures of central tendency

The following are measures of central tendency with the exception of ______.

• mean
• range
• median
• mode

Which of the following is the most commonly used measure of central tendency?

• median
• mean
• range
• mode

The ______ is also referred to as the X-bar.

• range
• mode
• mean
• median

The mean should only be calculated on which of the following types of data?

• ordinal and nominal
• interval or ratio
• ratio and ordinal
• nominal and interval

Extreme values in a data distribution that are much lower or higher than the other distribution scores are called ______.

• deductions
• variances
• ranges
• outliers

The ______ represents the numeric center or midpoint of a data distribution.

• median
• mode
• mean
• range

The value appearing most often in a data set is called the ______.

• range
• mode
• median
• mean