TEST BANK FOR Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 6th Edition Chapter 1-15 Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Statistics is a shortened version of A. statistical procedures. B. statistical data. C. statistical mathematics. D. statistical proof.
2. Some of the answers we compute from statistical procedures are called A. outcomes. B. statistics. C. data points. D. computations.
3. In behavioral science research, statistics is used A. as a substitute for knowledge. B. to answer research questions. C. derive formulas. D. to transform data into laws of nature.
4. The word empirical refers to A. organizing and summarizing. B. knowledge gained from theory. C. predictions based on theory. D. knowledge obtained through systematic observations of events.