Willling to pay for correct answers for below questions.

 

1.  Inaschool election, fivepeople runfor student bodypresident.Theactualnumberofvotes for eachcandidatewouldbea(n)         variable.  If thetotal number ofvoteswere removedandthecandidateswerelisted inorder ofleast tomost popular, thiswouldbea(n)

                      variable.

 

a.  ratio; ordinal b.  ordinal;ratio c.   ratio; nominal

d.  nominal;ordinal

 

 

 

2.  Aresearcher wasinterested intheeffectsofgenderonattitudestowardwomen inleadership positions. Theresearchersurveyedagroupofindividuals,12ofwhomwere menand12of whomwerewomen.Inthisexample,whatistheexplanatory/independentvariable?

 

a.   typeofleadershipposition b.   the12womenin thestudy

c.   thegenderof theparticipants

d.   theparticipants‘attitudestowardwomeninleadershippositions

 

 

 

3.  Aresearcher wasinterested intheeffectsofgenderonattitudestowardwomen inleadership positions. Theresearchersurveyedagroupofindividuals,12ofwhomwere menand12of whomwerewomen.Inthisexample,whatisthe response/dependentvariable?

 

a.   typeofleadershipposition b.   the12womenin thestudy

c.   thegenderof theparticipants

d.   theparticipants‘attitudestowardwomeninleadershippositions

Pleaseusethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions4through9

 

An industrialpsychologist atacompanyhasheard thatdeskbikescouldhelpemployeesto lose weight, increasetheir stamina, andimproveproductivity. Sixteenemployeeswereprovidedwith deskbikesandthetotalnumber ofpoundsthey lost, after onemonth, was recorded.  Hereare thedata, inpounds lost, peremployee:

4

8

12

0

2

20

18

0

12

6

12

16

10

8

12

4

 

 

4.  Whatistherangeofthisdistribution?

a.   0to20 b.   20

c.   18 d.   4

 

5.  What is themeannumberofpoundsthatwerelostbytheemployeesinone month?

a.	9.88
b.	10.4
c.	12
d.	9

 

 

6.  Whatisthemediannumberofpoundsthatwerelostbytheemployeesinone month?

a.	8
b.	9
c.	10
d.	11

 

 

 

7.  Whatisthevarianceofthenumberofpoundsthatwerelostbytheemployeesinone month?

a.	37.33
b.	9.72
c.	9.85
d.	6.11

 

 

8.  What is theInterquartile rangefor thisdistribution?

a.	4
b.	8
c.	9
d.	12

 

9.  Howmanyoutliersare in thisdistribution?

a.   0 b.   1

c.   2

d.   Unable todeterminefrom thisinformation

 

Thefollowinggraphdepictsthetypicalrelationshipfoundbetweenphysiologicalarousal(anxiety) levels(e.g.,rangefrom0= noanxietyto10=extremeanxiety) andtest performance(e.g., percentageofcorrectanswerson test).

 

 

 

 

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

RelationshipBetweenPhysiologicalArousalLevelandTest

Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0                      2                      4                      6                     8                     10

PhysiologicalArousalLevel

 

 

                                                                                                                                                

 

 

10.       Basedonthisgraph, whattypeof relationexistsbetweenphysiologicalarousalleveland test performance?

 

a.  Thereisnorelationbetweenageandreactiontime b.  Linear

c.   Curvilinear

d.  It isnot possibletotell, given theinformationinthegraph.

 

 

 

 

 

11.      Whichof thefollowingbestcaptureswhatthegraph(PhysiologicalArousalLevelandTest

Performance) depicts?

 

a.   Thereisnorelationbetweenphysiologicalarousallevelandtest performance.

b.  There isa linearrelationbetweenphysiologicalarousallevelandtest performance, suchthattest performance increaseswith increasedphysiologicalarousallevel.

c.   There isa linearrelationbetweenphysiologicalarousallevelandtest performance, suchthattest performancedecreaseswithincreasedphysiologicalarousallevel.

d.  Testperformanceincreasesasphysiologicalarousal level increases,becomingits

bestatamoderatearousal level,butafterthat point,testperformancedecreasesas physiologicalarousallevels increase.

 

Apsychologistwasinterestedinseeingifshecouldpredict  aperson’s level ofdepression, basedonhisor her self–esteem. “Depression”wasassessedusingastandardizeddepression inventory;thehigher thescoreonthedepressionmeasure, themoredepressivesymptomsthe personwasexperiencing. “Self–Esteem“wasassessedusingastandardizedself–esteem measure; thehigher thescoreontheself-esteem measure, thehigher theperson’sreported level ofself-esteem. Thistableshows theresultsfor the10participants.

 

 

RelationshipBetweenSelf-EsteemScoresand  Depression

Scores

 

5

4.75

4.5

4.25

4

3.75

3.5

3.25

3

2.75

2.5

2.25

2