MCQ Bank
Which of the following statements about nominal data is true?
- A) Nominal data have magnitude
- B) Nominal is a synonym for 'continuous'.
- C) All nominal variables are dichotomous
- D) Nominal data are categorical
In which SPSS tab, the rows represent individual cases and the columns represent variables in your data.
- A) Data editor
- B) Data view
- C) Variable view
- D) Output viewer
A data file shown in the data editor can be saved by using the commands
- A) Save as
- B) Save
- C) None of these
- D) A & B
In Control Charts, the LCL stands for
- A) Lower Control Limit
- B) Last Control Line
- C) Least Control Limit
- D) Loss Central Level
In SPSS, what is the "Data Viewer"?
- A) A screen in which variables can be defined and labelled.
- B) A table summarizing the frequencies of data for one variable.
- C) A spreadsheet into which data can be entered.
- D) A dialog box that allows you to choose a statistical test.
In Control Charts, UCL is calculated as:
- A) Average + 3 Standard Deviation
- B) Average * 3 Standard Deviation
- C) Average + 1 Standard Deviation
- D) Average - 2 Standard Deviation
Which of the following functions allows you to sort one column within the data set into ascending or descending order?
- A) Sort cases
- B) Weight cases
- C) Split file
- D) Select cases
Which of the following is true about the names of variables in SPSS?
- A) They cannot begin with a numeral
- B) They cannot contain spaces
- C) They cannot contain any special characters
- D) All of these choices are true
When SPSS is first open at the bottom of the screen is a
- A) Menu bar
- B) Status bar
- C)
- D)
Consider SPSS, which of the following is used for entering and viewing data?
- A) Variable view
- B) Data editor
- C) Output view
- D) Data view
What is the default value for the ‘width’ column?
- A) 10
- B) 0
- C) 8
- D) 2
When SPSS is first open at the top of the screen is a
- A) Status bar
- B) A & B
- C) Menu bar
- D) None of these
The default chosen by SPSS depends on the
- A) Data entry
- B) Data type
- C) Data editor
- D) A & B
In the regression equation Y = 75.65 + 0.50X, the intercept is
- A) 1
- B) 75.65
- C) 0.50
- D) Indeterminable
In the Data View in the SPSS Data Editor, each column represents what?
- A) A missing value
- B) A data point
- C) A variable
- D) A case
What is a ‘sav.’ file?
- A) A word-processed file
- B) The output file
- C) A syntax file
- D) The data set file
The SPSS data files are stored with which file extension?
- A) .doc
- B) .xls
- C) .sav
- D) .sps
In medical science research a________ test would be used to compare means
- A) Z-test
- B) Chi-square test
- C) F-test
- D) Paired t-test
Bringing the data from Excel into SPSS is called _______________.
- A) Importing the data
- B) Copy/Pasting the data
- C) Exporting the data
- D) Synchronizing the data
Which variable name will not be accepted by SPSS?
- A) name
- B) marks
- C) age.
- D) r_no