Statistics CSA Test

When you find a relationship in bivariate data, you are looking at a positive or a negative ____.

• independent

• bivariate

• correlation

• dependent

• univariate

A condition or piece of data in an experiment that is controlled or influenced by an outside factor is considered what type of variable?

• Bivariate

• Independent

• Dependent

• Correlation

• Univariate

How are descriptive statistics used?

• All of these

• Use historical data

• To provide an average

• To summarize numbers

Looking at the data given for the Rating variable, what type of variable is being used?

• A continuous variable

• A discrete variable

• A binary variable

• A qualitative variable

Looking at the chart of qualitative variables below, what type of variable is 'Education'?

• Binary

• Discrete

• Ordinal

• Nominal

Variables are collected in the form of data. What are the two major forms of data?

• explanatory and response

• categorical and quantitative

• measurable and non-measurable

• numerical and ordinal

What do we call a sample selected by a method that specifically excludes certain groups from the research, either intentionally or unintentionally?

• Misleading.

• Non-representative.

• Limiting.

• Leading.

A political group invites people in the local communities to participate in a survey about prayer in schools. This is an example of:

• Social desirability

• Leading questions

• Non-selection bias

• Nonresponse bias

• Voluntary bias

Which is the type of computer software that limits the amount of computers on which it may be installed?

• Open Source

• Qualitative

• Freeware

• Proprietary

There are 4 major elements of a formula. Characters, Operators and Cell References are three of them. What is the fourth element of a formula?

• Multiplications

• None of these answers are correct.

• Fractions

• Functions

• Calculations