Data Screening Basics

  • Points30

 

  • Questions10

 

  • Time Limit45 Minutes

 

  • Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

The quiz:

  • Covers the Textbook material from Module 4: Week 4.
  • Contains10 multiple-choice 
  • Is limited to 45 minutes.
  • Allows unlimited attempts and the highest attempt will count towards the grade.
  • Is worth 30 p.

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Attempt History

Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1

 

Question 1

3 / 3 pts

On which SPSS screen can you find the results of any analysis that is run?

 

Correct!

 

output screen

 

data view

 

variable view

 

syntax screen

 

Question 2

0 / 3 pts

On which SPSS screen can you find rows that represent each participant or case in the data set?

 

Correct Answer

 

data view

You Answered

 

variable view

 

syntax screen

 

output screen

 

Question 3

3 / 3 pts

If the data for year in college is coded (freshman = 1, sophomore = 2, junior =3, senior = 4), which of the following represents a problematic score in a frequency table?

Correct!

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

Question 4

3 / 3 pts

If a researcher wants to obtain a frequency table in SPSS, which of the following menu items should NOT be selected?

 

 

data

 

analyze

 

descriptives

 

frequencies

 

Question 5

3 / 3 pts

What is a standard graph for assessing the distribution of scores for categorical variables?

 

histogram

 

frequency table

 

 

scatterplot

 

Correct!

 

bar chart

 

 

Question 6

3 / 3 pts

A researcher wants to create a graph that shows the number of men and women in her sample, which graph should she use?

 

histogram

 

frequency table

 

 

scatterplot

 

Correct!

 

bar chart

 

 

Question 7

3 / 3 pts

For which of the following sets of variables should cross-tabulations NOT be used?

Correct!

 

gender and age

 

 

gender and ethnicity

 

 

relationship status and eye color

 

relationship status and ethnicity

 

 

Question 8

3 / 3 pts

Which of the following SPSS menu items should NOT be selected for cross-tabulations?

Correct!

 

categorical

 

 

analyze

 

 

descriptives

 

 

crosstabs

 

Question 9

3 / 3 pts

A researcher measures depression and anxiety levels among college women. If there is high variation of depression scores among women with low anxiety and low variation of depression scores among women with low anxiety, what assumption of a Pearson’s Correlation is violated in this data?

Correct!

 

homoscedasticity of variance

 

bivariate normality

 

 

normal distributions

 

 

no assumptions are violated

 

 

Question 10

3 / 3 pts

What kind of variables are needed for a Pearson’s Correlation?

Correct!

 

two quantitative

 

 

two categorical

 

 

one quantitative and one categorical

 

 

any two variables

 

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