Vocabulary Questions

To assess student understanding of our vocabulary words, we wrote short vocabulary quizzes for each topic, ranging from 3 to 13 questions each. The database includes a total of 195 questions with multiple choice, true/false, matching, multiple answer, fill in the blank, and drop down menu question formats. Questions are identified by topic, number of points possible, and question type. The question database is currently available in two formats: MS Word files and Respondus archive files for upload to the CMS Blackboard. Student responses can be downloaded from Blackboard and the ePort package used to summarize overall performance on each topic and each question within the topic. Click on the vocabulary words below to view some example questions for Topics 06 and 19.

Examples

Topic 06: Normal Distribution

Matching:
Match the words on the left to the appropriate description on the right.

1. Shifting [a] The process of dividing all the values of a quantitative variable by a constant.
2. Rescaling [b] The process of determining the number of standard deviations every value of a quantitative variable is away from its mean value.
3. Standardizing [c] The process of adding or subtracting a constant from every value of a quantitative a variable.
Drop Down List:
Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the drop down menu to complete the sentences:

A z-score is found by subtracting the value from the observation and then dividing by the .

A z-score is just a number - it has no .

Fill in the Blank:
The normal distribution has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

Multiple Choice:
A Normal probability/quantile plot is used to see if the distribution of a quantitative variable follows a __________ distribution.

a. numeric
b. scaled
c. normal
d. shifted

Topic 19: Confidence Interval for the Population Mean

Multiple Answer:
Select all attributes of the t-distribution.

a. Bell-Shaped
b. Skewed Right
c. Skewed Left
d. Unimodal
e. Bimodal
f. Symmetric
Multiple Choice:
Half of the width of a confidence interval is called the _____________.

a. t* critical value
b. standard error
c. margin of error
d. confidence level

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