The process of editing involves

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1. The process of editing involves __________. (Points: 1)
inspecting and correcting each questionnaire or observation form
categorizing the data
counting the number of cases that fall into the various categories
transforming the raw data into symbols
developing dummy tables that suggest how each item of information will be used before data is collected

2. Which of the following is a technique that measures the association between a criterion variable and one or more independent variables? (Points: 1)
Correlation analysis
Analysis of variance
Regression analysis
Z-test
F-test

3. A research study involving the research question, "On the basis of a survey of husband-wife households, is there a significant difference between the mean attitude score of husbands and that of wives toward our product?" will involve a ________. (Points: 1)
test for a single proportion
test of two means when samples are independent
test for a single mean
test of two means when samples are dependent
None of the above

4. Which of the following statements is (are) true regarding coding? (Points: 1)
The classes should always be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
Multiple responses should never be coded.
Coding closed-ended questions is more difficult than coding open-ended questions.
Alphabetic codes should be assigned to the classes.
Both a and b are true statements.

5. In a job satisfaction survey, respondents were asked to indicate how many years they had worked for the company. One respondent wrote "ten months" in response to the item. A conversion of the answer to the correct unit of time (years) would be most likely to take place during the _________. (Points: 1)
field edit
central-office edit
coding process
data analysis
collection phase

6. Which of the following statements about open-ended questions is FALSE? (Points: 1)
Precoding is not necessary.
Response categories are provided for respondents.
There are multiple legitimate responses.
When categorizing open-ended responses, it is often necessary to include an "other" category.
All of the above statements about open-ended questions are true.

7. Which of the following is NOT a step in coding open-ended responses? (Points: 1)
Identify separate responses given by each individual.
Specify categories into which the responses can be placed.
Place each response into as many categories as possible.
Assess the degree of agreement between multiple coders.
All of the above are steps in the process of coding open-ended responses.

8. An observation that is very different in magnitude from the rest of the observations for a particular variable is a(n) _________. (Points: 1)
error
blunder
histogram
outlier
deviant

9. A research study that tests the hypothesis, "The population mean household income in the new market area is greater than $29,000," will involve a __________. (Points: 1)
test of two means
test for a single mean
test for a single proportion
test of two proportions
test of a single variance

10. Kit Kat candy bar executives' ability to make the following statement, "Our most likely estimate of Kit Kat's ad recall rate is 65%. In addition, we are 95% confident that Kit Kat's ad recall rate in the population falls between 62% and 68%," illustrates ___________. (Points: 1)
an example of basic descriptive statistics
an example of using statistical inference to estimate a population parameter based upon sample statistics
an example of using statistical inference to estimate a statistic based upon a population parameter
an example of hypothesis testing
Both a and b.

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