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Homework 1 – Solutions
Name: __________________________________________ CIN: ________________________
1. For each of the following, say if it is qualitative or quantitative (continuous or discrete) data.
a. A job application asks what you earned at your previous job(s) Quantitative – Continuous
b. Katy stands in the main walkway and asks students what is their hometown Qualitative
c. Concert promoters count how many tickets were sold in November Quantitative – Discrete
d. Telecommunication providers roll over unused data to the following month Quantitative – Continuous
2. Watch The Stanford Prison Experiment on Netflix (2hr 1m) or read about it here http://www.prisonexp.org/the–
story/; includes short YouTube videos. Is this an observational study or a controlled experiment? Is it subject–
blind, researcher–blind, double–blind, or neither? How do you think this study changed the way researcher
conduct their studies?
3. Why is it best to conduct a double–blind study?
This type of controlled experiment is best because neither the researcher nor the subjects know whether they are
