2013 Rmo Data Analytics Pre-test

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2013 Rmo Data Analytics Pre-test - Quiz

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  • 1. 

    A proposed explanation for a phenomenon is...

    • A.

      R-square

    • B.

      P-value

    • C.

      Hypothesis

    • D.

      Correlation

    Correct Answer
    C. Hypothesis
    Explanation
    A different meaning of the term hypothesis is used in formal logic, to denote the antecedent of a proposition; thus in the proposition "If P, then Q", P denotes the hypothesis (or antecedent); Q can be called a consequent. P is the assumption in a (possibly counterfactual) What If question.

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  • 2. 

    Proportion of variation explained by the model ... sometimes it is called the proportion of variance explained.

    • A.

      Statistical Significance

    • B.

      R-square

    • C.

      Correlation

    • D.

      P-Value

    Correct Answer
    B. R-square
    Explanation
    This is often called the "coefficient of determination." It is defined as the ratio of the sum of squares explained by a regression model and the "total" sum of squares around the mean.

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  • 3. 

    A mathematical tool that is used to determine whether the outcome of an experiment is the result of a relationship between specific factors or merely the result of chance

    • A.

      Correlation

    • B.

      P-value

    • C.

      R-square

    • D.

      Statistical Significance

    Correct Answer
    D. Statistical Significance
  • 4. 

     A qualitative research design aimed at exploring cultural phenomena

    • A.

      Metadata

    • B.

      Ethnography

    • C.

      Big Data

    • D.

      P-value

    Correct Answer
    B. Ethnography
    Explanation
    Ethnography, as the empirical data on human societies and cultures, was pioneered in the biological, social, and cultural branches of anthropology but has also become popular in the social sciences in general—sociology,[4] communication studies, history—wherever people study ethnic groups, formations, compositions, resettlements, social welfare characteristics, materiality, spirituality, and a people's ethnogenesis

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  • 5. 

    Data about data is called...

    • A.

      Big Data

    • B.

      Structured

    • C.

      Unstructured

    • D.

      Metadata

    Correct Answer
    D. Metadata

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