When summarizing data, researchers should describe a distribution's central tendency as well as its _________.
What is dispersion/spread/variability
100
This characteristic of the normal curve refers to the fact that the tails of the distribution never quite touch the x-axis.
What is asymptotic?
100
This is the "lowest" level of measurement, and is the least "precise."
What is nominal?
100
This term describes the entire universe of people that the researcher is interested in studying.
What is population
100
This is the name of the USF Bulls' mascot.
What is Rocky?
200
The most popular response is also referred to as the _____.
What is mode
200
This statistic can be used to test for significant relationships between nominal and ordinal level variables by comparing observed and expected frequencies.
What is chi-square?
200
SPSS uses this word to refer to both the interval and ratio levels of measurement.
What is scale?
200
If the high temperature in Tampa today is 85, and the low is 63, that gives us a _______ of 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is range?
200
This is the year that the University of South Florida was founded.
What is 1956?
300
This measure of central tendency identifies the middle case of a distribution.
What is the median?
300
To compare the mean differences of more than two groups, researchers can perform an Analysis of _________.
What is Variance?
300
With this level of measurement, responses can be meaningfully rank-ordered.
What is ordinal?
300
This measure of variability is difficult to interpret on its own, but is the basis for many other important statistics.
What is variance?
300
This Florida city, founded by Ponce de Leon, is considered by many to be the first city settled by Europeans in the modern-day United States.
What is St. Augustine?
400
This measure of dispersion calculates the average distance of each value from the mean.
What is standard deviation?
400
Hypothesis testing involves the calculation of _________ values, which allow researchers to decide whether the sample should be generalized to the wider population.
What is probability/p?
400
A researcher decides to measure church attendance at the ______ level of measurement, using the categories "weekly," "monthly," "seldom," and "never."
What is ordinal?
400
Time and money limitations require researchers to take a _______ from the population they are interested in studying.
What is sample?
400
This man is Tampa's "deer" mayor.
Who is Bob Buckhorn?
500
This measure of central tendency is most sensitive to outliers.
What is the mean
500
When examining the difference in the number of years of education between men and women, researchers should use this test, which is "steeped" in tradition.
What is a t-test?
500
Height in inches is measured at the _______ level of measurement.
What is scale/interval-ratio?
500
Correlation does not necessarily indicate ________.
What is causation/causality?
500
This is the name of the home stadium of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.