Part 1 of 1 -  This quiz is to be taken electronically on SAKAI.   Nothing is to be handed in on paper.

Question 1 of 22 1.0 Points
Social scientific theory addresses:
A. what should be
B. what is
C. matters of value
D. what should be and why
E. what is and why it should be that way

Question 2 of 22 1.0 Points
A study reported in American Sociological Review (1994) was entitled "Race Differences in Sexual Activity Among Adolescent Women." The independent variable was probably:
A. race
B. sexual activity
C. adolescence
D. women
E. there is no independent variable

Question 3 of 22 1.0 Points
The statement "wealthy countries should give aid to poorer countries" is a(n):
A. hypothesis
B. theory
C. error in selective observation
D. value judgment
E. error in premature closure of inquiry

Question 4 of 22 1.0 Points
Male, female, 65 years of age, 22 years of age, and brown-eyed are examples of:
A. variables
B. social regularities
C. aggregates
D. attributes
E. nomothetic analyses

Question 5 of 22 1.0 Points
Inductive logic goes
A. from the general to the specific
B. from the specific to the general
C. from the known to the unknown
D. from the false to the true
E. from the red to the blue

Question 6 of 22 1.0 Points
In Sweden, there is a very strong correlation between the number of storks and the number of babies born. However, both of these variables are associated with region (rural vs. urban). This illustrates:
A. that the number of storks is causally related to the number of babies born
B. that the number of babies born precedes the number of storks in time
C. that there is no causal relationship between the number of storks and the number of babies
D. that storks really do bring babies
E. none of these choices

Question 7 of 22 1.0 Points
Professor Babbie, the author of your text, believes that:
A. concepts represent real things that exist in the world
B. concepts are invented by us and have no real, true meaning

Question 8 of 22 1.0 Points
The authors of "The Measurement of Romantic Love" defined romantic love as:
A. affiliative need
B. a predisposition to help
C. an orientation of exclusiveness
D. all of the above
E. none of the above

Question 9 of 22 1.0 Points
Religion categorized as Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, LDS, Buddhist, Bahai, Moslem and Hindu is measured on which level
A. dichotomous
B. nominal
C. ordinal
D. interval
E. ratio
F. spiritual
G. introverted

Question 10 of 22 2.0 Points
Five students get the following scores on a test. 55, 65, 92, 88, 74. What is the mean? Give one number after the decimal point.

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Question 11 of 22 1.0 Points
Which is a measure of dispersion:
A. the mean
B. the median
C. the standard deviation
D. all of these
E. none of these

Question 12 of 22 1.0 Points
Field research is primarily:
A. inductive
B. deductive
C. replicative
D. predictive
E. statistical

Question 13 of 22 1.0 Points
A dummy variable is at which level of measurement:
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
E. dichotomous

Question 14 of 22 1.0 Points
The statistic "r" is a measure of:
A. statistical significance
B. dispersion
C. central tendency
D. correlation
E. reliability

Question 15 of 22 2.0 Points
Consider the following results:
45 men like spinach
85 women like spinach
65 men do not like spinach
80 women do not like spinach
What percentage of the men like spinach?
Give one digit after the decimal and include a percentage symbol,
eg 53.2%

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Question 16 of 22 2.0 Points
Consider the following results:
45 men like spinach
85 women like spinach
65 men do not like spinach
80 women do not like spinach
What percentage of the respondents who like spinach are men?
Give one digit after the decimal and include a percentage symbol,
eg 53.2%

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Question 17 of 22 2.0 Points
Consider the following results:
45 men like spinach
85 women like spinach
65 men do not like spinach
80 women do not like spinach
If there were no correlation between gender and liking for spinach, how many men would like spinach?
Give one digit after the decimal point
eg 18.3

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Question 18 of 22 1.0 Points
Open the NES data file and examine the variable Pol.Inter (question 4a on page 159 of the Ayers manual. Is it
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. ratio

Question 19 of 22 1.0 Points
Look at question 4b on page 159 of Ayers. Is the answer
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval

Question 20 of 22 1.0 Points
Look at question 4c on page 159 of Ayers. Is the answer
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. ratio

Question 21 of 22 1.0 Points
Look at item 5e on page 160. is the answer:
A. Cramer's V
B. Gamma
C. Pearson's r
D. ANOVA
E. Goertzel's G

Question 22 of 22 1.0 Points
Look at question 6b on page 160 of the Ayers manual. is the answer
A. nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio