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CHAPTER1—DATAANDSTATISTICS

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1.Inaquestionnaire,respondentsareaskedtomarktheirgenderasmaleorfemale.Genderisanexample

ofthe

a.ordinalscale

b.nominalscale

c.ratioscale

d.intervalscale

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2.Thenominalscaleofmeasurementhasthepropertiesofthe

a.ordinalscale

b.onlyintervalscale

c.ratioscale

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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3.Thescaleofmeasurementthatisusedtorankordertheobservationforavariableiscalledthe

a.ratioscale

b.ordinalscale

c.nominalscale

d.intervalscale

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4.Somehotelsasktheirgueststoratethehotel'sservicesasexcellent,verygood,good,andpoor.Thisisan

exampleofthe

a.ordinalscale

b.ratioscale

c.nominalscale

d.intervalscale

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5.Theordinalscaleofmeasurementhasthepropertiesofthe

a.ratioscale

b.intervalscale

c.nominalscale

d.ratioandintervalscales

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6.Theratioscaleofmeasurementhasthepropertiesof

a.onlytheordinalscale

b.onlythenominalscale

c.therankscale

d.theintervalscale

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7.Temperatureisanexampleofavariablethatuses

a.theratioscale

b.theintervalscale

c.theordinalscale

d.eithertheratioortheordinalscale

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8.Theintervalscaleofmeasurementhasthepropertiesofthe

a.ratioandnominalscales

b.ratioandordinalscales

c.ratioscale

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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9.Arithmeticoperationsareinappropriatefor

a.theratioscale

b.theintervalscale

c.boththeratioandintervalscales

d.thenominalscale

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10.Incomeisanexampleofavariablethatusesthe

a.ratioscale

b.intervalscale

c.nominalscale

d.ordinalscale

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11.Dataobtainedfromanominalscale

a.mustbealphabetic

b.canbeeithernumericornonnumeric

c.mustbenumeric

d.mustrankorderthedata

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12.Thescaleofmeasurementthathasaninherentzerovaluedefinedisthe

a.ratioscale

b.nominalscale

c.ordinalscale

d.intervalscale

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13.Arithmeticoperationsareappropriatefor

a.onlytheratioscale

b.onlytheintervalscale

c.thenominalscale

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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14.Quantitativedatareferstodataobtainedwitha(n)

a.ordinalscale

b.nominalscale

c.eitherintervalorratioscale

d.onlyintervalscale

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15.Data

a.arealwaysbenumeric

b.arealwaysnonnumeric

c.aretherawmaterialofstatistics

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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16.Theentitiesonwhichdataarecollectedare

a.elements

b.populations

c.samples

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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17.Thesetofmeasurementscollectedforaparticularelementis(are)called

a.variables

b.observations

c.samples

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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18.Acharacteristicofinterestfbrtheelementsiscalleda(n)

a.sample

b.dataset

c.variable

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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19.Allthedatacollectedinaparticularstudyarereferredtoasthe

a.inference

b.variable

c.dataset

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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20.Anothernamefor“observations”is

a.views

b.variables

c.cases

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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21.Quantitativedata

a.arealwaysnonnumeric

b.maybeeithernumericornonnumeric

c.arealwaysnumeric

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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22.Inaquestionnaire,respondentsareaskedtomarktheirgenderasmaleorfemale.Genderisanexample

ofa

a.qualitativevariable

b.quantitativevariable

c.qualitativeorquantitativevariable,dependingonhowtherespondentsansweredthe

question

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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23.Thenumberofcaseswillalwaysbethesameasthenumberof

a.variables

b.elements

c.datasets

d.data

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24.Qualitativedata

a.mustbenumeric

b.mustbenonnumeric

c.cannotbenumeric

d.maybeeithernumericornonnumeric

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25.Qualitativedata

a.indicateeitherhowmuchorhowmany

b.cannotbenumeric

c.arelabelsusedtoidentifyattributesofelements

d.mustbenonnumeric

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26.Ordinaryarithmeticoperationsaremeaningful

a.onlywithqualitativedata

b.onlywithquantitativedata

c.eitherwithquantitativeorqualitativedata

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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27.Socialsecuritynumbersconsistofnumericvalues.Therefore,socialsecurityisanexampleof

a.aquantitativevariable

b.eitheraquantitativeoraqualitativevariable

c.anexchangevariable

d.aqualitativevariable

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28.Temperatureisanexampleof

a.aqualitativevariable

b.aquantitativevariable

c.eitheraquantitativeorqualitativevariable

d.neitheraquantitativenorqualitativevariable

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29.Foreaseofdataentryintoauniversitydatabase,1denotesthatthestudentisanundergraduateand2

indicatesthatthestudentisagraduatestudent.Inthiscasedataare

a.qualitative

b.quantitative

c.eitherqualitativeorquantitative

d.neitherqualitativenorquantitative

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30.Arithmeticoperationsareinappropriatefor

a.qualitativedata

b.quantitativedata

c.bothqualitativeandquantitativedata

d.largedatasets

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31.Incomeisanexampleof

a.qualitativedata

b.eitherqualitativeorquantitativedata

c.dollardata

d.quantitativedata

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32.Datacollectedatthesame,orapproximatelythesame,pointintimeare

a.timeseriesdata

b.approximatetimeseriesdata

c.crossectionaldata

d.approximatedata

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33.Datacollectedoverseveraltimeperiodsare

a.timeseriesdata

b.timecontrolleddata

c.crossectionaldata

d.timecrossectionaldata

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34.Statisticalstudiesinwhichresearchersdonotcontrolvariablesofinterestare

a.experimentalstudies

b.uncontrolledexperimentalstudies

c.notofanyvalue

d.observationalstudies

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35.Statisticalstudiesinwhichresearcherscontrolvariablesofinterestare

a.experimentalstudies

b.controlobservationalstudies

c.non-experimentalstudies

d.observationalstudies

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36.Thesummariesofdata,whichmaybetabular,graphical,ornumerical,arereferredtoas

a.inferentialstatistics

b.descriptivestatistics

c.statisticalinference

d.reportgeneration

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37.Statisticalinference

a.referstotheprocessofdrawinginferencesaboutthesamplebasedonthecharacteristicsof

thepopulation

b.isthesameasdescriptivestatistics

c.istheprocessofdrawinginferencesaboutthepopulationbasedontheinformationtaken

fromthesample

d.isthesameasacensus

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38.Thecollectionofallelementsofinterestinaparticularstudyis

a.thepopulation

b.thesampling

c.statisticalinference

d.descriptivestatistics

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39.Aportionofthepopulationselectedtorepresentthepopulationiscalled

a.statisticalinference

b.descriptivestatistics

c.acensus

d.asample

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40.Inasampleof800studentsinauniversity,240,or30%,areBusinessmajors.The30%isanexampleof

a.asample

b.apopulation

c.statisticalinference

d.descriptivestatistics

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41.Inasampleof400studentsinauniversity,80,or20%,areBusinessmajors.Basedontheabove

information,theschool'spaperreportedthat"20%ofallthestudentsattheuniversityareBusiness

majors.nThisreportisanexampleof

a.asample

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b.apopulation

c.statisticalinference

d.descriptivestatistics

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42.Fivehundredresidentsofacityarepolledtoobtaininformationonvotingintentionsinanupcomingcity

election.Thefivehundredresidentsinthisstudyisanexampleofa(n)

a.census

b.sample

c.observation

d.population

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43.Astatisticsprofessoraskedstudentsinaclasstheirages.Onthebasisofthisinformation,theprofessor

statesthattheaverageageofallthestudentsintheuniversityis24years.Thisisanexampleof

a.acensus

b.descriptivestatistics

c.anexperiment

d.statisticalinference

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44.Theownerofafactoryregularlyrequestsagraphicalsummaryofallemployees*salaries.Thegraphical

summaryofsalariesisanexampleof

a.asample

b.descriptivestatistics

c.statisticalinference

d.anexperiment

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45.TheDepartmentofTransportationofacityhasnotedthatontheaveragethereare17accidentsperday.

Theaveragenumberofaccidentsisanexampleof

a.descriptivestatistics

b.statisticalinference

c.asample

d.apopulation

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46.Theprocessofanalyzingsampledatainordertodrawconclusionsaboutthecharacteristicsofa

populationiscalled

a.descriptivestatistics

b.statisticalinference

c.dataanalysis

d.datasummarization

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47.Inapostoffice,themailboxesarenumberedfrom1to4,500.Thesenumbersrepresent

a.qualitativedata

b.quantitativedata

c.eitherqualitativeorquantitativedata

d.sincethenumbersaresequential,thedataisquantitative

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48.Theaverageageinasampleof190studentsatCityCollegeis22.Asaresultofthissample,itcanbe

concludedthattheaverageageofallthestudentsatCityCollege

a.mustbemorethan22,sincethepopulationisalwayslargerthanthesample

b.mustbelessthan22,sincethesampleisonlyapartofthepopulation

c.couldnotbe22

d.couldbelarger,smaller,orequalto22

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49.Sinceasampleisasubsetofthepopulation,thesamplemean

a.isalwayssmallerthanthemeanofthepopulation

b.isalwayslargerthanthemeanofthepopulation

c.mustbeequaltothemeanofthepopulation

d.canbelarger,smaller,orequaltothemeanofthepopulation

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50.Thescaleofmeasurementthatissimplyalabelforthepurposeofidentifyingtheattributeofanelement

isthe

a.ratioscale

b.nominalscale

c.ordinalscale

d.intervalscale

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51.Inadataset,thenumberofelementswillalwaysbethesameasthenumberof

a.independentvariables

b.observations

c.datapoints

d.dependentvariables

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52.Whichofthefollowingisnotascaleofmeasurement?

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.primal

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53.Whichofthefollowingisascaleofmeasurement?

a.ratio

b.primal

c.divisional

d.remedial

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54.Whichscaleofmeasurementcanbeeithernumericornonnumeric?

a.nominal

b.ratio

c.interval

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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55.Whichofthefollowingvariablesusetheratioscaleofmeasurement?

a.socialsecuritynumber

b.temperature

c.gender

d.income

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56.Theweightofacandybarinouncesisanexampleof

a.qualitativedata

b.eitherqualitativeorquantitativedata

c.weightdata

d.quantitativedata

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57.Theheightofabuilding,measuredinfeet,isanexampleof

a.qualitativedata

b.eitherqualitativeorquantitativedata

c.feetdata

d.quantitativedata

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58.Aninterviewerhasmadeanerrorinrecordingthedata.Thistypeoferrorisknownas

a.anexperimentalerror

b.adataacquisitionerror

c.anon-experimentalerror

d.aconglomerateerror

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59.Censusrefersto

a.anexperimentalstudytocollectdataontheentirepopulation

b.anexperimentalstudytocollectdataonasample

c.asurveytocollectdataonasample

d.asurveytocollectdataontheentirepopulation

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60.Inexperimentalstudies,thevariableofinterest

a.isnotcontrolled

b.iscontrolled

c.mustbenumerical

d.cannotbenumerical

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61.Inobservationalstudies,thevariableofinterest

a.isnotcontrolled

b.iscontrolled

c.mustbenumerical

d.cannotbenumerical

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62.Howmanyscalesofmeasurementexist?

a.1

b.2

c.3

d.4

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63.Whichofthefollowingcanbeclassifiedasquantitativedata?

a.intervalandordinal

b.ratioandordinal

c.nominalandordinal

d.intervalandratio

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64.Thesamplesize

a.canbelargerthanthepopulationsize

b.isalwayssmallerthanthepopulationsize

c.canbelargerorsmallerthanthepopulationsize

d.isalwaysequaltothesizeofthepopulation

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65.Apopulationis

a.thesameasasample

b.theselectionofarandomsample

c.thecollectionofallitemsofinterestinaparticularstudy

d.alwaysthesamesizeasthesample

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66.Inarandomsampleof200items,5itemsweredefective.Anestimateofthepercentageofdefective

itemsinthepopulationis

a.5.0%

b.2.5%

c.200

d.10.0%

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67.Onastreet,thehousesarenumberedfrom300to450.Thehousenumbersareexamplesof

a.qualitativedata

b.quantitativedata

c.bothquantitativeandqualitativedata

d.neitherquantitativenorqualitativedata

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68.Asurveytocollectdataontheentirepopulationis

a.acensus

b.asample

c.apopulation

d.aninference

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69.InExcel,aworksheetthatdisplaysthedatafortheproblemandshowstheresultsoftheanalysisis

a.aformulaworksheet

b.avalueworksheet

c.anabsoluteworksheet

d.adescriptiveworksheet

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70.InExcel,aworksheetthatdisplaystheformulasusedtocreatetheresultsisa

a.resultsworksheet

b.formulaworksheet

c.valueworksheet

d.sampleworksheet

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NARRBEGIN:Exhibit1-1

Exhibit1-1

Inarecentstudybaseduponaninspectionof200homesinDaisyCity,80werefoundtoviolateoneor

morecitycodes.

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71.RefertoExhibit1-1.Thecitymanagerreleasedastatementthat40%ofDaisyCity's2,000homesarein

violationofcitycodes.Themanager'sstatementisanexampleof

a.acensus

b.anexperiment

c.descriptivestatistics

d.statisticalinference

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NAR:Exhibit1-1

72.RefertoExhibit1-1.TheDaisyCitystudydescribedaboveisanexampleoftheuseofa

a.census

b.sample

c.probability

d.population

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NAR:Exhibit1-1

73.RefertoExhibit1-1.Themanager'sstatementthat40%ofDaisyCity's2,000homesareinviolationof

citycodesis

a.anexactlycorrectstatement

b.onlyanapproximation,sinceitisbaseduponsampleinformation

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c.obviouslywrong,sinceitisbaseduponastudyofonly200homes

d.Noneofthesealternativesiscorrect.

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NAR:Exhibit1-1

NARRBEGIN:Exhibit1-2

Exhibit1-2

Inasampleof1,600registeredvoters,912,or57%,approveofthewaythePresidentisdoinghisjob.

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74.RefertoExhibit1-2.The57%approvalisanexampleof

a.asample

b.descriptivestatistics

c.statisticalinference

d.apopulation

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NAR:Exhibit1-2

75.RefertoExhibit1-2.Apoliticalpollsterstates:"Fifty-sevenpercentofallvotersapproveofthe

President."Thisstatementisanexampleof

a.asample

b.descriptivestatistics

c.statisticalinference

d.apopulation

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NAR:Exhibit1-2

NARRBEGIN:Exhibit1-3

Exhibit1-3

Partofthedatabankofacotporationisshownbelow.

EmployeeYearsofEmployeeRankYearly

NumberGenderDepartmentExperience(1-10)Salary

23450MaleAccounting1510$52,443.00

34568FemaleIT247$111,239.00

23123FemalePersonnel204$84,473.00

23007MaleFinance91$47,519.00

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76.RefertoExhibit1-3.EmployeeNumberisanexampleofdata,

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.ratio

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NAR:Exhibit1-3

77.RefertoExhibit1-3.Genderisanexampleofdata.

henot

til;nt

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.ratio

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78.RefertoExhibit1-3.YearsofExperienceisanexampleofdata.

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.ratio

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79.RefertoExhibit1-3.EmployeeRankisanexampleofdata.

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.ratio

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80.RefertoExhibit1-3.YearlySalaryisanexampleofdata.

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.interval

d.ratio

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NAR:Exhibit1-3

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Exhibit1-4

Inmanyuniversities,studentsevaluatetheirprofessorsbymeansofansweringaquestionnaire.Assume

aquestionnaireisdistributedtoaclassof45students.Studentsareaskedtoanswerthefollowing:

1.Sex

2.Race(Black,White,Other)

3.Age

4.Numberofhourscompleted

5.Gradepointaverage

6.Myinstructorisaveryeffectiveteacher

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stronglyagreemoderatelyagreeneutralmoderatelydisagreestronglydisagree

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81.RefertoExhibit1-4.Howmanyelementsareintheabovedataset?

a.5

TliiseditionisintendedloruseoutsideoftheU.S.only,withcontentihalmaybedifferentfromtheU.S.Edition.Thismaynotberesold,copied,

ordistributedwithout(hepriorconsentofthepublisher.

b.6

c.3

d.45

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NAR:Exhibit1-4

82.RefertoExhibit1-4.Howmanyvariablesareinthisdataset?

a.3

b.4

c.5

d.6

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NAR:Exhibit1-4

83.RefertoExhibit4-1.Howmanyobservationsareinthisdataset?

a.5

b.6

c.3

d.45

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NAR:Exhibit1-4

PROBLEM

1.Aftergraduationceremoniesatauniversity,sixgraduateswereaskedwhethertheywereinfavorof

(identifiedby1)oragainst(identifiedby0)abortion.Someinformationaboutthesegraduatesisshown

below.

GraduateSexAgeAbortionIssueClassRank

MarissaF2411

JasonM2212

WendyF4103

EdwardM38020

Jennif