True or false: collecting data

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Sampling with replacement is truly random sampling.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A statistic describes the whole population.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Counting data are quantitative discrete data.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Random assignment helps control lurking variables.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Every error in a study is a sampling error.

Instructions

Tap True or False for each statement.

Explanation