Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?

   A. parameter
   B. range
   C. median
   D. mean

2. When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to measure a variable and achieve the same results the measure is said to be_______________?

   A. valid
   B. reliable
   C. factual
   D. internally consistent
   E. instrumental

3. Ogburn distinguished three forms of the social effects of inventions One is Dispersion or multiple effects of a single mechanical invention for example ?

   A. Automobile
   B. Radio
   C. both a and b
   D. None of these

4. The use of scientific research procedures to measure the effectiveness of an action program is called____________?

   A. Evaluation research
   B. analytical research
   C. Scientific research
   D. None of these

5. Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in the essence of______________?

   A. Central tendency
   B. spread of the sample means/values
   C. Both A an B
   D. None of these

6. We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?

   A. Measuring acceptance
   B. closeness degree
   C. Social distance
   D. None of these

7. Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ?

   A. the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists
   B. there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index
   C. it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index
   D. the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods

8. The Scientific study of human social life is termed as______________?

   A. Society
   B. Sociology
   C. Anthropology
   D. None of these

9. Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?

   A. the control groups
   B. the representative group
   C. the experimental group
   D. none of the above

10. The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of________________?

    A. observation research
    B. a survey
    C. content analysis
    D. an experiment