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Assignment:

Question 1. If Lilly analyzes voting behavior in Australia using the two most recent Australian National Election Surveys, what is her unit of analysis?

a. The last two elections in Australia

b. Australia

c. Individual voters in Australia

d. Public opinion surveys

Question 2. Three of the following statements are value statements. Which of the following is a testable hypothesis that can be falsified by a researcher?

a. Canadians who grow up speaking Russian at home are more likely to be fluent in both French and English.

b. People in Ontario ought to be able to speak French as well as Quebecers speak English.

c. Ontario should ban flavoured nicotine products.

d. ThanTo support a growing tech industry, Quebec will benefit by becoming increasingly multi-lingual.

Question 3. A recent study surveyed immigrants in Ontario and sought to understand why some voted in the last federal elections, but not others. The researchers hypothesized that the older the immigrant, the more likely it was that he or she voted. What is the independent variable in this study?

a. Immigration status.

b. Age.

c. The likelihood of voting.

Question 4. Charlotte hypothesizes that Canadian provinces that spend more money per capita on education will also spend the most money per capita on prisons when controlling for the provincial violent crime rate. What is Charlotte's unit of analysis?

a. Individual-level data.

b. Provincial-level data.

c. National-level data.

Question 5. Charlotte hypothesizes that Canadian provinces that spend more money per capita on education will also spend the most money per capita on prisons when controlling for the provincial violent crime rate. When Charlotte says she controls for provincial violent crime rate, what is she doing?

a. When Charlotte says she is controlling for provincial violent crime rates she is artificially deflating this variable while examining the relationship between the other two variables.

b. When Charlotte says she is controlling for provincial violent crime rates she is holding this variable constant while examining the relationship between the other two variables.

c. When Charlotte says she is controlling for provincial violent crime rates she is holding this variable constant to modify the measure of money per capita spent on prisons.

Question 6: Mitchell hypothesizes that Canadian men are more likely than women to support shaving Justin Trudeau's head because they think a shaved head will make Trudeau look tougher. What is Mitchell's dependent variable?

a. Sex (men/women)

b. Approval of Justin Trudeau.

c. Support for shaving Justin Trudeau's head.

d. Thinking that a shaving Trudeau's head will make him look tougher.

Question 7. Charlotte hypothesizes that provinces that spend more money per capita on education will also spend the most money per capita on prisons when controlling for the provincial violent crime rate. What is Charlotte's dependent variable?

a. Money per capita spent on education.

b. Money per capita spent on prisons.

c. Provinces

d. Provincial violent crime rate.

Question 8. You hypothesize that first generation Canadians exhibit greater support for Canadian multiculturalism than citizens who have lived in Canada for multiple generations. What is your independent variable?

a. Support for Canadian multiculturalism.

b. Number of generations living in Canada.

c. The number of respondents supporting the Liberal Party.

Question 9. Mitchell hypothesizes that Canadian men are more likely than women to support shaving Justin Trudeau's head because they think a shaved head will make Trudeau look tougher. A recent poll found that Canadian men are indeed more likely to support shaving Trudeau's head. According to the scientific method, what would be Mitchell's appropriate course of action?

a. Reject the null hypothesis.

b. Conclude that the above hypothesis is correct.

c. Reformulate the original hypothesis.

d. Shave his head.

Question 10. Which sentence would be the best null hypothesis for your hypothesis that first generation Canadians exhibit greater support for Canadian multiculturalism than citizens who have lived in Canada for multiple generations?

a. First-generation Canadians exhibit more support for Canadian multiculturalism than citizens who have lived in Canada for multiple generations.

b. First-generation Canadians exhibit no more or less support for Canadian multiculturalism than citizens who have lived in Canada for multiple generations.

c. First-generation Canadians exhibit less support for Canadian multiculturalism than citizens who have lived in Canada for multiple generations