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____ The \"Quantitative Revolution\" in the field of geography began in the late

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____ The "Quantitative Revolution" in the field of geography began in the late 1840s. ____ A statistic is a characteristic of a population: a parameter is a characteristic of a sample. ______ Correlation implies causation. _____ Bar charts are more appropriate for categorical data; histograms are more appropriate for continuous data. ______ Primary data is data collected by somebody else; Secondary data b data that you collect yourself. ____ Both drought and precipitation are variables that tend to be spatially autocorrelated _____ The Poisson distribution b a continuous probability distribution _____ Humans arc sentient beings. _____ Empirical evidence is derived from experimental observation. _____ Pearson's correlation coefficient, r, works best for detecting curvilinear relationships The primary goals of science include: a. Description b. Prediction c. Explanation d Control e. All of the above The range of a dataset can be best described as_____. a. the central tendency of the values between data points b. the difference between the maximum and minimum values of a dataset c. the best measure of dispersion for ratio level data d. any number larger than the median e none of the above. IRB is an acronym for which of the following? a. Internal Rating Board b. Institutional Rating Board c. Institutional Review Board d. Internal Request Board e. Invincible Recorded Behaviors Research in which the investigator uses both qualitative and quantitative methods is known as _____. a. action research b. basic research c. quantitative research d. mixed methods research e. introductory research

Explanation / Answer

Part I)

1.True

2.False (Parameter = Population & Statistic = Sample)

3.False

4.True

5.False

6.False

7.False (Discrete)

8.True

9.True

10.False