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. Formulating the hypothesis is the _____________ step in the scientific method?

   A. first
   B. second
   C. third
   D. fourth

9. What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people ?

   A. interviews
   B. participant observation
   C. experiments
   D. content analysis
   E. surveys

10. Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?

    A. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis
    B. it is conducted over a period of several years
    C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective
    D. it compares findings from a number of different cases