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1. When entering data in the computer, unanswered questions are labelled

   1.   ?    missing values
   2.   ?    valued numbers
   3.   ?    blank spaces
   4.   ?    reduced values

2. Unanswered questions are normally registered by being given the number

   1.   ?    9
   2.   ?    99
   3.   ?    999
   4.   ?    any of the above

3. When entering data in the computer, the names of the response categories are referred to as

   1.   ?    variable names
   2.   ?    value labels
   3.   ?    values
   4.   ?    names

4. When entering data in the computer, the numbers assigned to the response categories (such as 1 for males and 2 for females) are referred to as

   1.   ?    variable names
   2.   ?    value labels
   3.   ?    values
   4.   ?    names

5. Which of the following is not one of the rules of data presentation?

   1.   ?    clarity
   2.   ?    simplicity
   3.   ?    variable shape
   4.   ?    economy of space

6. Which of the following statements is correct?

   1.   ?    the independent variable is scaled along the vertical (Y-) axis, the abscissa
   2.   ?    the independent variable is scaled along the horizontal (Y-) axis, the abscissa
   3.   ?    the dependent variable is scaled along the vertical (Y-) axis, the ordinate
   4.   ?    the dependent variable is scaled along the horizontal (X-) axis, the ordinate

7. The measures rate, ratio and percentage are

   1.   ?    relational measures
   2.   ?    measures of central tendency
   3.   ?    measures of dispersion
   4.   ?    none of the above

8. Which of the three measures of central tendency is suitable for most types of data (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)?

   1.   ?    mean
   2.   ?    mode
   3.   ?    median
   4.   ?    mean and median equally

9. Which of the following is appropriate for testing association between nominal variables?

   1.   ?    Spearman’s rank correlation
   2.   ?    standard deviation
   3.   ?    Pearson’s product-moment correlation
   4.   ?    Phi (f) coefficient and Cramer’s V

10. Which of the following is appropriate for testing association between ordinal variables?

    1.   ?    Spearman’s rank correlation
    2.   ?    standard deviation
    3.   ?    Pearson’s product-moment correlation
    4.   ?    Phi (f) coefficient and Cramer’s V

11. Which of the following is appropriate for testing association between interval/ratio variables?

    1.   ?    Spearman’s rank correlation
    2.   ?    standard deviation
    3.   ?    Pearson’s product-moment correlation
    4.   ?    Phi (f) coefficient and Cramer’s V

12. Which of the following is NOT a measure of association?

    1.   ?    Spearman’s rank correlation
    2.   ?    standard deviation
    3.   ?    Pearson’s product-moment correlation
    4.   ?    Phi (f) coefficient and Cramer’s V

13. Which of the following is a nominal level test of significance?

    1.   ?    chi-square test
    2.   ?    McNemar test
    3.   ?    Cochran’s Q test
    4.   ?    all of the above

14. Which of the following is appropriate to study ordinal level variables?

    1.   ?    Fisher’s exact test
    2.   ?    t-test
    3.   ?    ANOVA
    4.   ?    Sign test

15. The goodness-of-fit test is a test of

    1.   ?    central tendency
    2.   ?    dispersion
    3.   ?    association
    4.   ?    significance

16. Which of the following is not one of the conditions under which ANOVA is to be employed?

    1.   ?    random sampling: the sample is taken randomly
    2.   ?    objectivity: researchers conduct the test objectively
    3.   ?    normality: scores are normally distributed
    4.   ?    homogeneity: variances are equal