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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



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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.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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