Statisical Methods Social Work

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Section 1: The Empirical Approach To Knowledge
When researched rely on authority...,
If there are 200 nurses employed ...,
Organizing and summarizing data i...
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Section 2: Types Of Empirical Research
In which type of study are no tre...,
The participants responses in an ...,
Suppose a researcher gave welfare...
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Section 3: Introduction To Sampling
Which of the following is obtaine...,
Using a very large sample is the ...,
Random sampling identifies a samp...
5  cards
Section 4: Scales Of Measurement
If students name their favorite s...,
If an employer ranks employees fr...,
Which scale of measurement has an...
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Section 5: Descriptive, Correlational, And Inferential Statistics
A percentage is an example of a a...,
A population may be large or smal...,
An average is an example of a inf...
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Section 6: Frequencies, Percentages, And Proportions
In descriptive statistics the let...,
If there are 2 000 adult citizens...,
If 25 out of 100 parents favor an...
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Section 7: Shapes Of Distributions
A frequency distribution is a tab...,
A normal curve is also called a b...,
When a curve has a tail to the ri...
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Section 8: The Mean: An Average
The uppercase letter x with a bar...,
The mean is a measure of central ...,
If you compute the deviation from...
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Section 9: Mean, Median, And Mode
Which average is defined as the m...,
If the median for a set of scores...,
The median is insensitive to extr...
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Section 10: Range And Interquartile Range
A synonym for the term variabilit...,
The range is a statistic that des...,
In the following set of scores wh...
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Section 11: Standard Deviation
The standard deviation is based o...,
Which group has a smaller standar...,
In all participants in a group ha...
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Section 12: Correlation
For the scores on test d and test...,
For the scores on test f and test...,
An inverse relationship is someti...
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Section 13: Pearson R
When there is a perfect direct re...,
It is impossible for a relationsh...,
Which of the following values of ...
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Section 14
The symbol for the coefficient of...,
For a given value of the pearson ...,
For an r of 60 the ability to pre...
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Section 15
Are scattergrams frequently prese...,
In a scatter gram for a weak rela...,
In the social and behavioral scie...
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Section 16
When high scores on one variable ...,
Which of the following values of ...,
For determining the correlation b...
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Section 17
Putting 100 names in a hat mixing...,
Which of the following is usually...,
Does the use of stratified random...
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Section 18
Decreasing sample size a decrease...,
Which of the following will produ...,
Even small samples can identify v...
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Section 19
The smaller the variability in a ...,
According to the central limit th...,
Random sampling identifies a samp...
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Section 20-25
Which of the following is a corre...,
Which of the following is a symbo...,
For a given study the research hy...
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