One question asks respondents to rank the following five fees on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 = most willing and 4 = least willing to pay. _____ Computer fee _____ Library fee _____ Parking fee _____ Student Center fee What level of measurement does this type of scale have?
Read DetailsWhat is the appropriate statistical test to use to test the following hypothesis: “The average job performance rating of an advertising manager will be significantly higher after participating in an ethics training course than their average job performance rating before participating in an ethics training course.”
Read DetailsA question, such as “Have you ever received a speeding ticket? __ Yes __ No,” when followed by a question, such as: “When did you receive that ticket?”, where only those who responded ‘yes’ reply to the second question – is an example of what type of question?
Read DetailsRefer to the data below from Inuktitut, an Inuit language of Canada, to answer the next several questions, attending particularly to the vowels [u] and [i]. ([q] is a voiceless uvular stop.) [pinna] ‘that one up there’ [ani] ‘female’s brother’ [aiviq] ‘walrus’ [iglu] ‘snow house’ [aniguvit] ‘if you leave’ [panna] ‘that place up there’ [aglu] ‘seal’s breathing hole’ [iglumit] ‘from a house’ [ini] ‘place’ [aivuq] ‘she goes home’ [anigavit] ‘because you leave’ [iglumut] ‘to a house’
Read DetailsIt is complicated to determine whether two related ways of speaking should be considered different languages or dialects of the same language. Explain why it is complicated, with examples from at least two specific situations (i.e., two different pairs of language varieties). In the real world (rather than in the minds of linguists), what factors tend to weigh most heavily in this determination?
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