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[example continued…] I’m interested in whether the time of day of watching lectures influences learning. To answer this question, I randomly selected 90 participants. Then I randomly assigned these participants into 3 conditions: In the Morning Condition, participants watched video lectures only in the morning. In the Afternoon Condition, participants watched video lectures only in the afternoon. In the Evening Condition, participants watched video lectures only in the Evening. Afterwards, I measured each conditions’ learning on a test of the lecture material. In this example, the dependent variable is ______________.

What is the range for the following set of scores? Scores: 4, 6, 11, 20

[example continued…] For the following frequency table: X f 5 5 4 5 3 2 2 3 1 5 What is ∑X for this frequency distribution table?  (hint: 5 people scored X = 5)

[example continued…] A researcher is interested in understanding the online shopping habits of college students in the US. To answer this question, the researcher conducts a survey of 200 randomly selected college students from across the US. Of these 200 students, 138 of them (69%) reported that they regularly shop online. If the goal of the study is to discover what percentage of college students in the US regularly shop online, that number would be an example of a _________.

[example continued…] A researcher is interested in understanding the online shopping habits of college students in the US. To answer this question, the researcher conducts a survey of 200 randomly selected college students from across the US. Of these 200 students, 138 of them (69%) reported that they regularly shop online. In this example, the 69% value reported by the randomly selected college students is an example of a _________.

A researcher classifies students by their eye color (e.g., brown, green, blue, hazel, grey, etc.). What scale of measurement is being used to classify the students?

[example continued…] For the following scores, [7,4,4,3,3,3] the median equals

[example continued…] A researcher is interested in understanding the online shopping habits of college students in the US. To answer this question, the researcher conducts a survey of 200 randomly selected college students from across the US. Of these 200 students, 138 of them (69%) reported that they regularly shop online. The entire group of college students in the US is an example of a _________.

[example continued…] For the following scores, [7,4,4,3,3,3] the Sum of Squares (SS) equals

[example continued…] Sophia’s  Test                                             Blake’s Test   Sophia’s Score: 85                                    Blake’s Score: 88 Class Average: 80                                    Class Average: 86 Standard Deviation: 4                           Standard Deviation: 2   According to their z scores, who’s score was more impressive?