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4.4 Statistical Inference 1)The first step in interpreting research data is computing A)descriptive statistics. B)inferential statistics. C)a score transformation of the data. D)a linear transformation of the data. 2)A researcher is interested in studying decisions of Canadian University students regarding graduate school. With that in mind, how would we classify all of the Canadian University students in Canada? A)as a sample of Canadian University students. B)as a sample of all human beings. C)as the population of Canadian University students. D)as the entire population of human beings. 3)A researcher is interested in studying decisions of university students regarding graduate school. With that in mind, how would we classify a group of 2500 university students from the province of Ontario? A)As a sample of students. B)As a sample of young people. C)As a sample of human beings. D)As a sample of university students. 4)Researchers use samples to A)reflect precisely population characteristics. B)reflect exactly population parameters. C)draw conclusions about the population. D)gather data from the entire group of people being studied. 5)Sampling error represents A)a mistake on the part of the researcher. B)the error among different samples due to errors by the researcher. C)the expected variation among different samples due to chance. D)a lack of validity in the study due to design problems. 6)A characteristic of the population computed on everyone in the population is called a A)sample statistic. B)population parameter. C)sample variable. D)population variable. 7)A researcher wants to study all left handed psychology graduate students at Jones University. She gathers information from all the left-handed psychology graduate students at Jones University. A statistical characteristic of this group would be a A)sample statistic. B)sample parameter. C)population statistic. D)population parameter. 8)In statistics, the larger group of all the people of interest is the A)parameter. B)sample. C)population. D)reference group. 9)In statistics, a subset of people drawn from the larger group of all the people of interest is a A)parameter. B)population. C)reference group. D)sample. 10)If a researcher is interested in all research methods classes but only studies one class, he is studying a A)population. B)reference group. C)sample. D)parameter.Â