A Researcher Wants to Explore the Connection Between College Campus

question 7

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to explore the connection between college campus drinking and sexual assault nation-wide. The most effective method of measurement would be:

• A) interviews
• B) controlled experiments
• C) surveys
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Nominal Data

Nominal data refers to a type of data that is categorized without a natural order or rank, such as names, labels, or categories.

Z-test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two variables, based on a normal distribution.

Chi-squared Distribution

A statistical distribution showing how the sum of squared independent standard normal variables is distributed, often used in hypothesis testing.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine if sample data fits a distribution from a population with a normal distribution.