Flashcards: Types of Data Exercises

What L.o.M is place of residence organized by urban, suburban, and rural?

What L.o.M is the price of marijuana in Utah?

What L.o.M is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

What L.o.M is the temperature measured with a five-point scale from "very cold" to "very hot"?

What L.o.M is employment status?

What L.o.M is preferred transportation method?

What L.o.M is a respondents favorite actor who has portrayed Batman?

What L.o.M is socioeconomic status?

What L.o.M is a satisfaction scale that goes from "extremely dislike" to "extremely like?"

What L.o.M are the stages of cancer used for an patients diagnosis?

What L.o.M is income per household?

What L.o.M is measuring an individuals height?

You conduct a study to count the number of people named Tom in the state of Utah, is this descriptive or inferential statistics?

You survey 900 voters to try and predict the outcome of an election, is this descriptive or inferential statistics?

You use all the financial data of a company to determine the mean income of all the employees, is this descriptive or inferential statistics?

If you conducted a survey on socioeconomic status where 33% of respondents answered lower middle class and then you stated in a research paper that approximately 33% of the survey respondents consider themselves lower middle class, would it be descriptive or inferential statistics?

Internet usage varies according to age, with younger individuals spending more time online than older individuals, which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

Individuals with less than 12 years of formal education tend to report more UFO sightings than those with at least a high school diploma, which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

Limiting rats consumption of sugar to the nighttime whenthey're most active alleviated some of its most harmful effects associated with high levels of fat in the blood and liver. This suggests that temporal controls on sugar intake in humans could also help fight against components of metabolic syndrome. Which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

An increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality. A study which focused on Singaporeans aged 60 years and older found that even small increments in happiness may be beneficial, suggesting individualactivities as well as government policies and programs that maintain or improve psychological well-being may contribute to longer life. Which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

New research found that middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following two decades than men who sleep seven to eight hours. Which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

A new report has identified a significant association between childhood adversity and impaired social cognitive functioning among adults who are diagnosed with major psychiatric disorders. Which is the (IV) and the (DV)?

Is the number of books an individual checks out from a library a discreet or continuous variable?

Is the number of kids in a household a discreet or continuous variable?

If a teacher allows partial credit on a test, would that be a discreet or continuous type of measurement?

Is measuring the height of an individual a discreet or continuous variable?