Population The population of interest to a researcher is comprised of all of the

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Population

The population of interest to a researcher is comprised of all of the individuals who share a group of characteristics. Researcher may define their population as very broad (e.g., "Human Beings") or very narrow (e.g., "Students currently enrolled in PSC126").

QUESTION:

1.

You are a researcher interested in the factors that affect grade point average (GPA) in California colleges. What is your population of interest? SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOW:

A. all university of california students

B. all college students in the united states

C. all UCDavis students

D. all college students in california

PART 3:

Identify the best label for the outcome/dependent variable:

QUESTIONS:
1.

Claim: Gamers don't play as hard if avatar is overweight. SELECT ONE:

A. pay as hard

B. avatar body type

C. play effort

D. overweight

2.

Claim: Happy people are more grateful than sad people. SELECT ONE:

A. gratefulness

B. gender

C. happy people

D. sad people

E. emotional state

PART 4:

Actual Population

We need to very carefully consider our population of interest and our sampling technique. Sometimes in research, the population that we end up drawing our sample from is subtly different from the entire population we are interested in.

QUESTIONS:

1.

A researcher is interested in the attitudes of enrolled UCDavis students. She asks the registrar for a list of enrolled students. Her population of interest is "enrolled UCDavis students".  

What is the population from which her sample was actually drawn? SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOW:

A. enrolled ucdavis students

B. american college students

C. enrolled ucdavis students who were on campus that day

PART 5:

QUESTIONS:

1.

Consider the following relationship:

Taller people have more confidence than shorter people.

How are the variables height and confidence related? SELECT ONE:

A. no relationship

B. curvilinear

C. positive relationship

D. negative relationship

2.

Consider the following relationship:

Shorter people have less confidence than taller people.

How are the variables height and confidence related? SELECT ONE:

A. no relationship

B. curvilinear

C. positive relationship

D. negative relationship

Explanation / Answer

1. A. all university of california students

PART 3:

1. C. play effort

2. A. gratefulness

PART 4:

1. B. american college students

PART 5:

1. C. positive relationship

2. C. positive relationship

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