GVPT201 Midterm 1

Which is not a measure of Central Tendency?

• Mean

• Mode

• Median

• Standard Deviation

What type of relation is this?

• Interactive

• Spurious

• Additive

• Mode

What kind of relationship is this?

• Interactive

• Spurious

• Additive

• Orientated

Which is the least precise variable?

• Ordinal

• Nominal

• Interval

• Unicameral

Let's say that as a person gets older, they become more likely to be vote Republican. What would the Independent Value (IV) be?

• Age

• Political Party

• Republican

• Standard Deviation

What are we trying to reject in hypothesis testing?

• Primary Hypothesis

• Null Hypothesis

• Alternative Hypothesis

• Theory Hypothesis

True or False: A Dependent Variable (DV) represents a causal factor in an explanation

• True

• False

True or False: A hypothesis is an empirical prediction of an argument

• True

• False

The Hawthorne Effect is an example of ...

• Random Sample

• Systemic Measurement Error

• Random Measurement Error

• Control Group

Validity can be defined as ...

• When your measurement is accurate at measuring the intended concept

• When your measurement can produce consistent results

• When your measurement accounts for alternative explanations

• Average distance from the mean