PSYC 502 Week 2 Knowledge Review

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PSYC 502 Week 2 Knowledge Review Which of the following scales has the properties of magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals? Statistical procedures that summarize and describe a series of obs... ervation are called Scales of measurement differ from one another in terms of Which of the following scales has the properties of magnitude, absolute zero, and equal intervals? A scale that allows one to determine only if there is more, less, or an equal amount of the attribute in comparison to another observation is called a(n) ____ scale. A property of a scale that implies the complete absence of the measured attribute is call a(n) Many feel that the difference between an IQ of 100 and 105 is not the same as the difference between an IQ 70 and 75. These people feel that IQ tests lack ____. The Fahrenheit scale of temperature (32°F= freezing; 212°F= boiling) is best describe as Which of the following is true of percentiles? There are more people with incomes on the low end as compared to the high end. What kind of distribution does this illustrate? To calculate a percentile rank, you need to know If there are 50 people in your class and you obtained the 20th highest score. Your percentile rank would be In a symmetrical binomial probability distribution, the greatest frequency of scores is near the A score at the 50th percentile is approximately [Show More]

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