This is my statistics exam I need help I have been lost this whole semester Identify each of the following as examples of nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scales of measurement. 1.Identify each of the following as examples of nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scales of measurement.  1. A poll of registered voters in Florida asking which candidate they support  2. The length of time required for a wound to heal when using a new medicine  3. The number of telephone calls arriving at a switchboard per five-minute period  4. The distance first-year college football players can kick a ball  5. Mental health diagnoses present in an elderly population  6. The rankings of employees on their job performance  2) Two hundred raffle tickets are sold. Your friend has five people in her family who each bought two raffle tickets. What is the probability that someone from her family will win the raffle? 3) Jolie has 45 minutes to do her statistics homework. If the mean is 38 minutes and the standard deviation is 3, calculate Jolie's z score. Once calculated, interpret your findings in terms of Jolie's performance. 4) . A psychologist measures units of change for a memory test after students are given an opportunity to sleep only four hours. The following change units were obtained: 7, -12, 4, -7, 3, -10. Find the a) mean, b) median, c) mode, d) standard deviation, e) range, and f) variance.  5) A student scored 81 on a chemistry test and 75 on a history test. For the chemistry test, the mean was 70 and the standard deviation was 20. For the history test, the mean was 65 and the standard deviation was 8. Did the student do better on the chemistry test or the history test? Explain your answer 6. Suppose you want to figure out what to do with your degree in psychology. You ask some fellow students from your psychology program who recently graduated to find out what they are doing with their degree and how much it pays. What type of sampling is this? What are the limitations of this sampling approach? 7. Variables in which the values are categories are known as)  Interval variables Nominal variables Ordinal variables Ratio variables 8. Before the researcher can conduct a statistical test, the research question must be translated into  A testable hypothesis Additional observations Mathematical symbols Numbers 9. The hypothesis stating that there are no differences, effects, or relationships is)  The alternative hypothesis The baseline hypothesis The null hypothesis The reasonable hypothesis 10. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10} What is the mean score?  6.6 7.2 7.8 8.7 11. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10} What is the median score?  6 7 8 9 12. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 1.

1. This is my statistics exam I need help I have been lost this
whole semester
Identify each of the following as examples of nominal, ordinal,
interval, or ratio scales of measurement.
1.Identify each of the following as examples of nominal,
ordinal, interval, or ratio scales of measurement.
1. A poll of registered voters in Florida asking which candidate
they support
2. The length of time required for a wound to heal when using a
new medicine
3. The number of telephone calls arriving at a switchboard per
five-minute period
4. The distance first-year college football players can kick a
ball
5. Mental health diagnoses present in an elderly population
6. The rankings of employees on their job performance
2) Two hundred raffle tickets are sold. Your friend has five
people in her family who each bought two raffle tickets. What is
the probability that someone from her family will win the
raffle?
3) Jolie has 45 minutes to do her statistics homework. If the
mean is 38 minutes and the standard deviation is 3, calculate
Jolie's z score. Once calculated, interpret your findings in terms
of Jolie's performance.
4) . A psychologist measures units of change for a memory test
after students are given an opportunity to sleep only four hours.
The following change units were obtained: 7, -12, 4, -7, 3, -10.
Find the a) mean, b) median, c) mode, d) standard deviation, e)
range, and f) variance.
5) A student scored 81 on a chemistry test and 75 on a history
test. For the chemistry test, the mean was 70 and the standard
deviation was 20. For the history test, the mean was 65 and the
standard deviation was 8. Did the student do better on the
chemistry test or the history test? Explain your answer

2. 6. Suppose you want to figure out what to do with your degree
in psychology. You ask some fellow students from your
psychology program who recently graduated to find out what
they are doing with their degree and how much it pays. What
type of sampling is this? What are the limitations of this
sampling approach?
7. Variables in which the values are categories are known as)
Interval variables
Nominal variables
Ordinal variables
Ratio variables
8. Before the researcher can conduct a statistical test, the
research question must be translated into
A testable hypothesis
Additional observations
Mathematical symbols
Numbers
9. The hypothesis stating that there are no differences, effects,
or relationships is)
The alternative hypothesis
The baseline hypothesis
The null hypothesis
The reasonable hypothesis
10. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item
quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10}
What is the mean score?
6.6
7.2
7.8
8.7
11. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item
quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10}
What is the median score?
6
7

3. 8
9
12. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item
quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10}
What is the mode?
5
7
8
9
13. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item
quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10}
What is the range of scores?
5
6
7
11
14. A group of students made the following scores on a 10-item
quiz in psychological statistics: {5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10}
What is the variance, treating these scores as a sample?
1.53
1.60
2.33
2.56
15. The standard normal distribution has all the following
properties EXCEPT:)
The mean, mode, and median are all equal
The total area under the curve equals 1
The curve is specified by two parameters, the mean and the
standard deviation
The curve extends to + and – 3 standard deviations from the
mean
16. According to the Empirical Rule, approximately _______%
of the data in a normal distribution will fall within ±1 standard
deviation of the mean. (Points : 4)
34
68

4. 95
99.7
17. In statistical computations, the number of values that are
free to vary is known as (Points : 4)
Degrees of freedom
Freedom factor
Variability index
Variation quotient
18. Which of the following reflects a Type I error?
Rejecting the null hypothesis when in reality the null hypothesis
is true
Rejecting the null hypothesis when in reality the null hypothesis
is false
Accepting the null hypothesis when in reality the null
hypothesis is true
Accepting the null hypothesis when in reality the null
hypothesis is false
18. Which of the following reflects a Type I error?
Rejecting the null hypothesis when in reality the null hypothesis
is true
Rejecting the null hypothesis when in reality the null hypothesis
is false
Accepting the null hypothesis when in reality the null
hypothesis is true
Accepting the null hypothesis when in reality the null
hypothesis is false
19. Which type of sampling is used when the experimenter asks
5 area doctors to refer pregnant women to his study and accepts
all women who offer to be in his study? (Points : 4)
purposive sampling
convenience sampling
cluster sampling
stratified sampling
20. In our statistics equations, n refers to: (Points : 4)
mean
standard deviation

5. normal distribution
number of subjects
21. Which of the following is true regarding alpha? (Points : 4)
it is also known as the level of significance
value is set by the researcher
value is equal to the probability of a type I error
all of the above are true
22. Macy proposes that boys who play sports are viewed as
more attractive than boys who do not play sports. What is her
null hypothesis? (Points : 4)
Boys who play sports are not viewed as more attractive than
boys who do not play sports
Playing sports will influence how attractively boys are viewed
Boys who play sports are more attractive than girls who play
sports
There can be no null hypothesis
23. You calculate a t of 2.38 and note that the tabled value for
.01 is 3.22 and for .05 is 2.19. You would conclude that the null
hypothesis can be
Accepted at the .05 level
Rejected at the .01 level
Rejected at the .05 level
None of the above
24. A researcher is studying political conservatism among 11
engineering students and 11 humanities students. The number of
degrees of freedom for a t test is:
22
20
11
10
25. A t test for dependent groups should be used instead of a t
test for independent samples: (Points : 4)
If each participant is measured twice
Whenever there are equal numbers of subjects in each group
Whenever there are only two groups

6. All of the above
26. In a normal distribution, what percent of the population falls
within one and two standard deviations of the mean? (Points :
4)
34%
68%
95%
cannot tell from the information given
27. Which of the following is more affected by extreme scores?
(Points : 4)
Mode
Mean
Median
None of the above are affected
28. On a histogram, what does the vertical (y) axis refer to?
(Points : 4)
Individual scores
Frequencies
Means
Deviation scores
29. Which statistic refers to the average amount by which the
scores in the sample deviate from the mean? (Points : 4)
Range
Standard deviation
Median
Mode
30. Assume a normal distribution for N = 300. How many cases
would one expect to find between +1 and -1 standard deviations
around the mean? (Points : 4)
102
285
150
204
31. A z score of zero tells us that the score is at the________of
the distribution. (Points : 4)
Mean

7. Very top
Very bottom
None of the above since z cannot be zero
32. In a unit normal curve, what goes on the x axis? (Points : 4)
Frequencies
Observed scores
z scores
Area
33. Which of the following is a measure of variability? (Points :
4)
Mean
Range
Interval
All of the above
34. The only measure of central tendency that can be found for
nominal data is the (Points : 4)
Mean
Median
Mode
Midrange
35. If the probability of event A is 0.45 and the probability of
event B is 0.35 and the probability of A and B occurring
together is 0.25, then the probability of A OR B is: (Points : 4)
0.8
1.8
0.1575
0.55
36. A researcher knows that the average distance commuting
students live from campus was previously 8.2 miles. Because of
the rising prices of gasoline, the research wants to test the claim
that commuting students now live closer to campus. What is the
correct alternative hypothesis? (Points : 4)
The new mean distance is 8.2 miles.
The new mean distance is less than or equal to 8.2 miles.
The new mean distance is less than 8.2 miles.
The new mean distance is greater than or equal to 8.2 miles.