Exam 1 review

The variable the researcher manipulates

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Control Variable

• Outcome Variable

Informational data that summarizes a given data set

• Descriptive Statistics

• Factorial ANOVAs

• Inferential Statistics

• Regression Analyses

A ________ skew is when most of the data points on a graph fall close to the origin

Answer explanation

What is the variable that changes based on the manipulation of another variable?

• Independent Variable

• Control Variable

• Changing Variable

• Dependent Variable

A smaller, more manageable representation of a larger group

• Random Assignment

• Average

• Population

• Sample

The _______ group is the group that receives no manipulation

• Control
• Experimental

• Treatment

• Dependent

A piece of data that allows us to make inferences about the population

• Descriptive Statistic

• Inferential Statistic

• Average

• Mode

The type of graph that best displays the average of certain variables in a dataset

• Line graph

• Histogram

• Pie Chart

• Scatter plot

A variable that is held at a non-changing level

• Static

• Continuous

• Constant

• Ceaseless

All of the people

• Mean

• Data

• Population

• Sample