If you are browsing through a journal, and you notice a ...

[Alygatorr01285]

If you are browsing through a journal, and you notice a contingency table in the results section of an article, you would probably assume that the measurement of the dependent variable involves a _____ scale.
 
  a. interval c. nominal
  b. ordinal d. ratio

Question 2

The valid percent column in a frequency table includes _____.
 
  a. the cumulative responses across all categories of response
  b. only people who responded to a particular item
  c. the average percent of responses to a given category
  d. only reliable responses in the experiment

[snackralk]

Answer to Question 1

C
A contingency table is constructed as part of the process for calculating Chi-square, and is also a good way to summarize nominal data.

Answer to Question 2

B
If some people did not respond to an item, they are omitted from the valid percent column in the frequency table.

[Alygatorr01285]

Excellent

[sarah_brady415]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it