The standard deviation is:

a. The square root of the variance
b. A measure of central tendency
c. A theoretical construct
d. An inferential statistic


Ans: a

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Maria is struggling with whether or not to pursue medical school after she graduates from college. She is married and very concerned about whether she should have children before applying to medical school, whether she should just take her chances on medical school and deal with it if she gets pregnant, or whether she should wait until she finishes residency to have children. She has sought out

help from you as a licensed professional counselor. Which of the following responses by the counselor is unethical? A. "What are your thoughts about whether to continue on to medical school or not?" B. "It is important that you think about how you are going to handle a child if you get pregnant while in school because that can't be easy." C. "Sounds like you are really struggling with how to manage two different roles: student/worker and mother." D. "How much of this decision do you feel responsible for making? How does your partner feel about each scenario?"

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Phonemes are classified as either consonants or

a) vowels. b) miscues. c) referents. d) graphemes.

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What would you remind children to focus on in the drafting stage of the writing process?

A. Composing as many complete thoughts on the topic as possible and correcting for spelling and mechanics. B. Brainstorming ideas and outlining these into a form. C. Writing down ideas with little concern for mechanical errors, spelling, or punctuation. D. Leaving a blank line between each written line to make room for revisions and rearranging of compositions. E. None of the above.

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A researcher determines that the probability of missing class among students at a local school is p = .16. Assuming that the school has 300 students enrolled, how many students can we expect to miss class on a given day? Hint: This is a binomial probability distribution.

A. 252 students B. 48 students C. 16 students D. There is not enough information to answer this question.

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