Phoebe Is Working at a Call Center for a Research

question 38

Multiple Choice

Phoebe is working at a call center for a research company.She has a carrel with a personal computer that is networked to the phone system and to the central data processing unit.The computer selects telephone numbers,dials each number,and accepts responses as Phoebe enters what the respondents tell her.A software program prompts her with each question and precoded response options.Phoebe is collecting data using _____.

• A) computer-assisted telephone interviewing
• B) OTS software
• C) computer-administered telephone surveys
• D) computer-delivered surveys
• E) computer-assisted personal interviewing

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Definitions:

Percentile Points

Points or values below which a certain percentage of observations in a dataset fall, used to measure the relative standing of a value within a dataset.

F Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in the analysis of variance and is used in hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation for two sample variances.

F Distribution

A probability distribution used in analysis of variance (ANOVA), among other tests, describing the ratio of variances from two normally distributed populations.

Symmetrical

A characteristic of shapes, graphs, or distributions in which the two halves mirror each other when divided by a central line or point.