12 Questions
What type of statistics involves finding the mean absenteeism rate for each nursing unit?
Descriptive statistics
What type of research makes inferences based on the gathered data to draw conclusions?
Inferential research
What is one method mentioned for examining employee job satisfaction?
Examining employee turnover rates
What is the primary purpose of using the scale of 1-10 to measure job satisfaction?
To quantify and compare job satisfaction levels
What type of statistics is used to generate conclusions about the population based on sample data?
Inferential statistics
Which type of variable is described by categories or levels without possessing an intrinsic order?
Qualitative variable
What should exhaustive characteristics of categories and levels ensure?
All possibilities are covered
When conducting a sample study, what type of statistics would not be used to arrive at a conclusion?
Descriptive statistics
Which scale of measurement consists of numbers that indicate categories for purely classification or identification purposes only?
Nominal scale
What characteristic must the categories of an ordinal scale possess?
Consecutive order and exhaustiveness
Why can the fundamental operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) not be applied to numbers in the nominal scale?
Because the numbers do not indicate order among the categories
In which scale do the numbers indicate order of magnitude of some variable?
Ordinal scale
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