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Multiple choice questions

Ordinal level data are characterized by:

Answer choices

  1. Equal intervals between each adjacent score.     
  2. A fixed zero.      
  3. Data that can be meaningfully arranged by order of magnitude.
  4. None of the above.        

Answer: Data that can be meaningfully arranged by order of magnitude

For what is the ‘variable view’ in IBM SPSS’s data editor used?

Answer choices

  1. Entering data.   
  2. Writing syntax.
  3. Viewing output from data analysis.
  4. Defining characteristics of variables.

Answer: Defining characteristics of variables

Which of the following best describes the variable ‘Gender’?

Answer choices     

  1. A between-group variable.          
  2. A coding variable.
  3. All of the possible answers are correct.  
  4. A grouping variable.       

Answers: All of the possible answers are correct

Which of the numbers below might IBM SPSS report as 10.574 E−05?

Answer choices

  1. 0.00010574        
  2. 10.569  
  3. 1057400.0          
  4. 0000.10574        

Answer: 0.00010574

Which of the numbers below might IBM SPSS report as 8.96 E+03?

Answer choices     

  1. 89.60    
  2. 8960.0
  3. 0.008960            
  4. 8.960

Answer: 8960.0