Question

QUESTION 1

1. Vital statistics refer to data on

   	a.	births, deaths, and marriages.
   	b.	economic indicators such as the GNP and GDP.
   	c.	sex and race of U.S. residents counted in the census.
   	d.	individual physical attributes such as height and weight.

10 points   

QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following is not a form in which census data are made available to the public?

   	a.	aggregate data on states and counties
   	b.	aggregate data on cities and towns
   	c.	individual census records, 10 years after the census
   	d.	a sample of individual-level data with names and other identifying information removed

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QUESTION 3

1. Suppose you wanted to obtain 1930 census information on your family. Where could you obtain this information?

   	a.	the manuscript census
   	b.	the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
   	c.	the online census of population and housing
   	d.	the American Community Survey

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QUESTION 4

1. Private documents as data sources would include all but which one of the following?

   	a.	hospital patient records
   	b.	city directories
   	c.	personal letters
   	d.	college transcripts

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QUESTION 5

1. Which of the following research questions was addressed by Kearney and Levine in their study of the impact of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant?

   	a.	Was the show popular among pregnant women?
   	b.	Was the show popular among 16-year old viewers?
   	c.	Were women more likely to watch the show than men?
   	d.	Was there substantial exposure to the show?

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QUESTION 6

1. Which of the following sequences most accurately describes the process of analyzing existing statistics?

   	a.	measure variables --> obtain data --> analyze data --> evaluate and adjust the data
   	b.	obtain data --> measure variables --> evaluate and adjust the data --> analyze the data
   	c.	obtain data --> evaluate and adjust the data --> analyze the data --> measure variables
   	d.	measure variables --> obtain data --> evaluate and adjust the data --> analyze the data

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QUESTION 7

1. Which of the following data sources is most likely to be reactive?

   	a.	physical materials
   	b.	mass media
   	c.	birth records
   	d.	autobiographies

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QUESTION 8

1. Which of the following is the best example of a nonreactive measure of interpersonal attraction (liking)?

   	a.	the amount of eye contact a person maintains with another
   	b.	how much someone says he or she likes another
   	c.	friends’ estimates of how much someone likes another
   	d.	how long someone says he or she has known another

10 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Content analysis may be applied to both verbal and nonverbal materials.

   	a.	True
   	b.	False

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QUESTION 10

1. Checking the reliability of a coding scheme in manual content analysis requires two or more coders.

   	a.	True
   	b.	False

Answer 1

1)=Vital statistics contain the data related to deaths ,births and marriages.

2)=A sample of individual level data with names and other identifying information removed

3)=American community Survey

4)=Personal Letters.

5)=Was the show popular among pregnant women.

6)=obtain data -->evaluate and adjust the data -->analyze the data--> measure variable

7)=mass media

8)=How much someone says he or she likes another

9)=True

10)=False