Questionnaire

This brief questionnaire will be used as a teaching tool. We will critique the questions, identifying
common measurement problems that are found in many surveys (whether self administered, like this
one, or face-to-face or via phone). We will also use the results to create a codebook and data files for
analysis.

Please answer each question as best as you can and as completely as possible. Your responses will be
held in confidence and will not be identified with your name. The student identification number
requested below is required only for administrative purposes. We will learn how to add data to the files
we create later in the semester, and this can only be done by linking the new data to the old data via
this identification number.
The column names in the response Excel Sheet have been referenced within the parenthesis.

Please enter the last four digits of your nine-digit student identification number here:

____ ____ ____ ____ (ID)

1. In general, how strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements (please
circle the number that best represents your response):
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly
a. The palms of my hands become
sweaty when I even hear the
word statistics. (PALMS) 4 3 2 1
b. Statistics is often boring and
difficult to understand. (BORING) 4 3 2 1
c. Im looking forward to learning
how to use statistics to
design better public policies. 4 3 2 1
(LOOKING)
d. I dont hate mathematics. (LIKE) 4 3 2 1

e. One can learn statistics only by
actually doing it. (DO_IT) 4 3 2 1
f. Statistics are a rhetorical tool
for persuasion. (RHETORIC) 4 3 2 1
g. My prior education has prepared
me to do well in this class. 4 3 2 1
(READY)
h. I like academic challenges. (CHALLENGE) 4 3 2 1
i. Its not how hard you work that leads
to success; its how smart you
work. (SMART) 4 3 2 1


2. How many courses have you taken at Commercial Aviation Department previous to this semester?
_____ (FELS_NO2)

3. In what year were you born? _____ (BIRTH)

4. How many undergraduate courses in statistics have you taken? _____ (COURSES)

5. What is your gender (please circle one number)? (GENDER)
Male ... 1 Female ... 2

6. Do you have children under eighteen years old living at home with you? (KIDS)
Yes ... 1 No ........ 2

7. Are you a U.S. citizen? (CITIZEN)
Yes ... 1 No ........ 2

8. What ethnic/racial group do you consider yourself a member of? (RETHNICITY)
White 1
Black/African-American 2
Hispanic/Latino 3
Asian/Pacific Islander 4
Other 5

9. I consider myself proficient in the use of the following software programs:
Yes No
a. SPSS (KNOWSPSS) 1 2
b. Microsoft WORD (KNOWWORD) 1 2
c. Microsoft EXCEL (KNOWEXCEL) 1 2
d. Microsoft POWERPOINT (KNOWPPT) 1 2
e. Microsoft ACCESS (KNOWACCESS) 1 2

10. How tall are you? _______ inches. (1 foot = 12 inches) (TALL)

11. How tall do your friends think you are? ______ inches. (1 foot = 12 inches) (HEIGHT)

12. What is the value of X in the following equation? (VALUEX) ______


(5/2) = (X/6)

13. What is the mean of the following set of observations? (MEAN) ______

5, 2, 3, 10, 7, 3

14. What does b signify in the following regression equation (circle the letter corresponding to what
you believe to be the correct answer)? (BSIGNIFY)

Y = a + bX = e

a. The independent variable
b. The dependent variable
c. The intercept
d. The regression slope
e. The error term
f. None of the above

Please indicate whether the following statements are True or False.

15. A high correlation demonstrates a causal relationship between two variables. (CAUSAL)

True False


16. Measures of respondents gender on a survey are considered ordinal rather than nominal or
interval. (ORDINAL)

True False

17. A relationship that is reported as being significant at p = .956 is considered statistically
significant.
(SIGNIF)

True False

18. Report the sum of responses to question 1(c), 1(g) and 1(h) (PRIMED) ______

19. What is your age in years? (Integer only) (AGE) ______

20. Have you ever lied to someone about your age? (LIE)
Yes ....... 1 No ........ 2

21. Of the following, which movie would you most prefer to watch? (MOVIE)
Love Actually ....1 Die Hard ........ 2 The Lego Movie ........ 3

22 In years, guess the age of the instructor? (Integer only) (INSTRUCT) ______