ASSIGNMENT

Course No: AST-211(T)

Course Title: Inferential Statistics

Submitted To
Prof. Dr.Md. Shah Jahan
Submitted By Mazumder
Dept. of Agricultural
ID No:1804007
Statistics
Reg No: 4131
Sylhet Agricultural
B.Sc.Ag.Econ.(Hons.) University, Sylhet-3100
Level:2 Semester:1
Session:2017-18

Faculty of Agricultural Economics And Business

Studies
Sylhet Agricultural University,Sylhet-3100
1.The correlation coefficient is used to determine:
a. A specific value of the y-variable given a specific value of the x-
variable
b. A specific value of the x-variable given a specific value of the y-
variable
c. The strength of the relationship between the x and y variables
d. None of these

2.In regression, the equation that describes how the response

variable (y) is related to the
explanatory variable (x) is:
a. the correlation model
b. the regression model
c. used to compute the correlation coefficient
d. None of these alternatives is correct.

3. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is the

a. response, or dependent, variable
b. independent variable
c. intervening variable
d. is usually x

4. In a regression analysis if r^2 = 1, then

a. SSE must also be equal to one
b. SSE must be equal to zero
c. SSE can be any positive value
d. SSE must be negative

5. The coefficient of correlation

a. is the square of the coefficient of determination
b. is the square root of the coefficient of determination
c. is the same as r-square
d. can never be negative

6. If the coefficient of determination is a positive value, then the

regression equation
a. must have a positive slope
b. must have a negative slope
c. could have either a positive or a negative slope
d. must have a positive y intercept

7. A ______ is a subset of a _________.

a. Sample, population
b. Population, sample
c. Statistic, parameter
d. Parameter, statistic

8. A _______ is a numerical characteristic of a sample and a

______ is a numerical characteristic of a population.
a. Sample, population
b. Population, sample
c. Statistic, parameter
d. Parameter, statistic

9. A sampling distribution might be based on which of the

following?
a. Sample means
b. Sample correlations
c. Sample proportions
d. All of the above.

10. _____ results if you fail to reject the null hypothesis when the
null hypothesis is actually false.
a. Type I error
b. Type II error
c. Type III error
d. Type IV error.

11. When the researcher rejects a true null hypothesis, a ____

error
occurs.
a. Type I
b. Type A
c. Type II
d. Type B.

12. __________ is the failure to reject a false null hypothesis.

a. Type I error
b. Type II error
c. Type A error
d. Type B error.

13. A designed experiment is a test or series of tests in

which ____________ changes are made to the input
variables so that we may observe and identify
corresponding changes in the output process.
a)Systematic
b)Random
c)Purposeful
d) Non-purposeful

14. The “equals” sign (=) is included in which hypothesis

when conducting hypothesis testing?
a. Null
b. Alternative
c. It can appear in both the null and the alternative
hypothesis

15. A Type I error is also known as a ______.

a. False positive
b. False negative
c. Double negative
d. Positive negative

16. A Type II error is also known as a ______.

a. False positive
b. False negative
c. Double negative
d. Positive negative

17. What is the key question in the field of statistical

estimation?
a. Based on my random sample, what is my estimate of the
population parameter?
b. Based on my random sample, what is my estimate of
normal
distribution?
c. Is the value of my sample statistic unlikely enough for me
to
reject the null hypothesis?
d. There is no key question in statistical estimation.

18. What is the standard deviation of a sampling

distribution
called?
a. Sampling error
b. Sample error
c. Standard error
d. Simple error.

19. If two variables, x and y, have a very strong linear

relationship, then
a. there is evidence that x causes a change in y
b. there is evidence that y causes a change in x
c. there might not be any causal relationship between x and
y
d. None of these alternatives is correct.

20. If the coefficient of determination is equal to 1, then the

correlation coefficient
a. must also be equal to 1
b. can be either -1 or +1
c. can be any value between -1 to +1
d. must be -1

21. If the correlation coefficient is a positive value, then the

slope of the regression line
a. must also be positive
b. can be either negative or positive
c. can be zero
d. can not be zero

22. SSE can never be

a. larger than SST
b. smaller than SST
c. equal to 1
d. equal to zero

23. ANOVA is a statistical method of comparing the

________ of several populations
a) Variance
b) Standard deviations
c) Means
d) All of the above

24. Factors in a factorial design are the________.

a) The experimental variables
b) The independent variables
c) The dependent variables
d) The organismic variables

25. What must we include when reporting an ANOVA?

a) Standard deviations
b) Means
c) Degrees of freedom
d) All of these

Answer Sheet:

1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(a) 4.(b) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(a) 8.(c) 9.(d) 10.(b) 11.(a)
12.(b) 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(b) 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(c) 20.(b) 21.(a)
22.(a) 23.(c) 24.(b) 25.(d).