Data sources, collection and quality

STA 111. Practice questions, not past papers.

Lessons

• Primary and secondary sources
• Choose a collection method

Practice questions

1. An analyst reuses an existing published census table. To that analyst it is what?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q009; Source: T5-8

2. Which collection approach deliberately manipulates a factor?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q010; Source: T5-8

3. Which issue can produce nonresponse bias?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q011; Source: T5-8

4. Which method is most directly suited to exploring group attitudes in depth?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q012; Source: T5-8

5. Data collected by an investigator for the current purpose are _____ data.

   Statistics study edition practice item F005; Source: T5-8

6. A study that deliberately changes a factor is an _____.

   Statistics study edition practice item F006; Source: T5-8

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