Chapter 19: A Statistical Software Sampler Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE According to the text, what is one of the most important things to remember when buying a statistics software package? a Buy direct from the manufacturer b Try before you buy c Always buy shareware d Share software packages with friends ANS: REF: OBJ: COG: B PTS: DIF: Easy Selecting the Perfect Statistics Software Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data Knowledge Which of the following statistical software packages is free? a SSP b Minitab c SPSS d JMP ANS: REF: OBJ: COG: A PTS: DIF: Medium SSP (Smith’s Statistical Package) Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data Knowledge Which of the following is billed as “statistical discovery software” that produces graphics with each statistical procedure? a SPSS b JMP c R d Minitab ANS: B PTS: DIF: Medium REF: JMP OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge According to the text, which of the following is the most popular statistical software package? a STATISTICA b Minitab c JMP d SPSS ANS: D PTS: DIF: Medium REF: SPSS OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Which of the following programs is most often used by researchers in the biological and physical sciences? a SYSTAT b Minitab c R d STATISTICA ANS: A PTS: DIF: Medium REF: SYSTAT OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Self-prompting dialog boxes and the ability to use macros to automate tasks are features of _ a SPSS b STATISTICA c Minitab d R ANS: B PTS: DIF: Medium REF: STATISTICA OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Which of the following is free and works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix platforms but takes a while to get used to because the learning curve tends to be a bit steep? a R b Minitab c StatCrunch d SPSS ANS: A PTS: DIF: Medium REF: R OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Which program operates under a General Public License? a R b SAS c Gnumeric spreadsheet d JMP ANS: C PTS: DIF: Medium REF: Gnumeric Spreadsheet OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Before you buy any statistics package, you should make sure of all of the following EXCEPT this: a There is telephone technical assistance b You have the hardware capacity for the program c The software works with your computer’s operating system d Your computer is shut down ANS: REF: OBJ: COG: D PTS: DIF: Easy Selecting the Perfect Statistics Software Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data Knowledge 10 Which of the following programs contains a set of utilities including a Statistical Tables Calculator and a Simple Graph Maker? a PSPP b SPSS c VassarStats d STATISTIX for Windows ANS: C PTS: DIF: Medium REF: VassarStats OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge 11 Which of the following programs used to be called WebSTAT? a SSP b SPSS c StatCrunch d JMP ANS: C PTS: DIF: Medium REF: StatCrunch OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge 12 Which of the following programs contains utilities that include StatGuide, which helps explain output, and ReportPad, which is a report generator? a Minitab b SPSS c SYSTAT d JMP ANS: A PTS: DIF: Medium REF: Minitab OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge TRUE/FALSE PSPP is an open-source variant of SPSS ANS: T PTS: DIF: Medium REF: PSPP OBJ: Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data COG: Knowledge Almost all big statistics packages the same things However, they are different in the ways they them ANS: REF: OBJ: COG: T PTS: DIF: Medium Selecting the Perfect Statistics Software Other types of software that allow you to analyze, chart, and better understand your data Knowledge SHORT ANSWER What sciences are SPSS oriented toward? 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