Amanda Selects a Sample of College Students

question 220

Multiple Choice

Amanda selects a sample of college students. She obtains the students' scores on several personality scales, as well as on a test of creativity. Amanda wishes to summarize her sample's performance on the creativity test. She therefore computes _____statistics.

• A)descriptive
• B)correlational
• C)empirical
• D)inferential

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Definitions:

Register

The act of recording or enlisting information, events, or transactions, often for official keeping or as a preliminary step to gain access to a service or system.

Accept Terms

The act of agreeing to conditions set forth by software, services, or agreements, often necessary to proceed with use or participation.

Access Control

A security technique that regulates who or what can view or use resources in a computing environment.

Biometrics

The measurement and statistical analysis of people's unique physical and behavioral characteristics, used for identification and access control.