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7126/6667 Survey Research Design in Psychology Semester 1, 2007 Practice Mid-semester Exam(with answers) INSTRUCTIONS This practice exam has 50 multiple choice items; each is worth ? mark. The actual mid-semester exam will have 60 multiple choice items. The mid-semester exam will be worth 30% of your final mark for this unit. There is a time limit of 90 minutes for the mid-semester exam – to meet this pace, these practice items should be done in 75 minutes. For each item select the best answer. Some questions in this practice exam require matching or an exact answer. You are permitted to use a non-programmable calculator. NAME: ID: Date: Gender is usually operationalised as:*a. nominal/categorical datab. ordinal datac. interval datad. ratio data Placings in a horse race is an example of: a. nominal/categorical data *b. ordinal datac. interval datad. ratio data Class ranking on a test is:a. nominal/categorical data*b. ordinal datac. interval datad. ratio data Someones annual income (in dollars) would be usually be coded as:a. nominal/categorical datab. ordinal datac. interval data*d. ratio data Political party affiliation(Labour, Liberal etc.) would be recorded as:*a. nominal/categorical datab. ordinal datac. interval datad. ratio data Which of the following statements is true?*a. Ratio data is continuousb. Interval data is continuousc. Ordinal data is continuousd. Categorical data is continuous The most appropriate statistic for indicating central tendency in nominal/categorical data would be:* a. Frequency / Modeb. Medianc. Mean d. range If the mean was smaller than the median, the skewness would be:a. Positive *b. Negative c. Zero d. Irrelevant A normal distribution can be described by ___ statistical parameters or moments. a. 2 b. 3 *c. 4 d. 5 Classify the most likely purpose of this research question:What is the likelihood of a case of bird flu being detected in Australia in the next 12 months?a. exploratoryb.