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a. Non Probability Sampling
b. Probability Sampling
c. Sampling
d. Population Sampling
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The critical values for t will always be ______________ the critical values for z:
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b. Less
c. More
d. More than extreme
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A potential source of confusion in working out what statistics to use in analysing data is
whether your data allows for parametric or non-parametric statistics.
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The correlation coefficient is sensitive to outlying points therefore the correlation coefficient
is resistant.
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The coefficient of determination and the R-squared (R2) are not the same
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It is the probability of finding the observed, or more extreme, results when the null
hypothesis (H0) of a study question is true - the definition of 'extreme' depends on how the
hypothesis is being tested.
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a. Degree of Freedom
b. P-Value
c. Variance
d. Standard Deviation
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. ANOVA
c. T-Test
d. Chi-Square
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A statistical test provides a mechanism for making quantitative decisions about a process or
processes.
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When the difference between two population averages is being investigated, a t test is used
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It is difficult to do flexible modelling with non-parametric tests, for example allowing for
confounding factors using multiple regression.
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a. means
b. variances
c. proportions
d. standard deviations
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In contingency analysis, we expect the actual frequencies in each cell to approximately
match the corresponding expected cell frequencies when the characteristics are
independent.
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a. H0
b. Hypothesis
c. Six
d. Null
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a. One-sample chi-square
b. Two sample chi-square
c. Wilcoxon
d. Directional chi-square
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It isa table that illustrates the relationship between two variables by displaying the
distribution of one variable across the categories of a second variable
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a. Variate Table
b. Bivariate Table
c. Observation
d. Tabulation
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a. Null
b. Hypothesis
c. Null Hypothesis
d. Alternative Hypothesis
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a. decrease
b. can’t tell from the given information
c. Increase
d. Stay the same
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It compares the tallies or counts of categorical responses between two (or more)
independent groups.
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. T-Test
c. Chi-Square
d. ANOVA
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Any difference among the population means in the analysis of variance will inflate the
expected values of
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a. MSE
b. MS Columns
c. All of the above
d. SSE
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It is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic follows a Student's t-distribution
under the null hypothesis.
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a. One Way ANOVA
b. T-Test
c. Correlation Analysis
d. Z-Test
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It is a framework for gathering, managing & analyzing data. Rooted in the science of
geography, It analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into
visualizations using maps and 3D scenes.
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a. Sociograms
b. Histograms
c. GIS
d. Scatter Plots
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Which of the following would most likely cause the confidence interval to become smaller?
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a. Decreasing the standard error
b. Decreasing N
c. Increasing alpha
d. Increasing the mean
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b.
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d.
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Procedure:
Create a Scatter Chart of the data.
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Is it necessary to create a scatter chart?
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a. Yes
b. No
c. Required
d. Not all the times
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. Chi-Square
c. one sample z-test
d. one sample t-test
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The only difference between the z and single sample t-test are the size of the samples.
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. Spearman's Rank
c. Pearson's product-moment coefficient
d. Autocorrelation
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a. There will be a significant difference between group 1 and group 2
b. There will be no relationship between caffeine consumption and performance
c. Older adults will have worse memories than younger adults
d. As temperature increases so too will the level of aggression
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It is the process of strictly defining variables into measurable factors. The process defines
fuzzy concepts and allows them to be measured, empirically and quantitatively.
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a. Definition
b. Explanation
c. Operationalization
d. Experimentation
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If you have categorical data, you'll want to run a non-parametric ANOVA (usually found
under a different heading in the software, like "nonparametric tests").
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With all inferential statistics, we assume the dependent variable fits a normal distribution
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If p-value is less than the level of significance, what would be the decision?
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a. Reject the null hypothesis, accept the alternative hypothesis
b. Accept the null hypothesis, accept the alternative hypothesis
c. Accept the null hypothesis, reject the alternative hypothesis
d. Reject the null hypothesis, reject the alternative hypothesis
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Select one:
a. Mann-Whitney test
b. Mood's Median test
c. Spearman Rank Correlation
d. Kruskal - Wallis test
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a. Population Size
b. Variables
c. Outliers
d. Sample Size
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The Jerome Light Bulb Company recently conducted a statistical test to determine whether
the number of hours that light bulbs last is normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a
standard deviation of 20. A sample of 300 light bulbs was divided into 8 groups to form a
grouped data frequency distribution. The degrees of freedom for the test will be 299.
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The F ratio is defined as the average within-groups variance divided by the average
between-groups variance.
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The Chi Square statistic compares the tallies or counts of categorical responses between two
(or more) independent groups.
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It is used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the means of two
groups
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. T-Test
c. One Way ANOVA
d. Z-Test
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It comes from the Latin nomen, meaning 'name' and nominal data are items which are
differentiated by a simple naming system.
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a. Nominal
b. Ratio
c. Interval
d. Ordinal
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The non-parametric test is the hypothesis test which provides generalizations for making
statements about the mean of the parent population.
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The null hypothesis for the chi-square goodness-of-fit test states that the distribution of
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a. sample means is equal to expectation based on fe.
b. the sample means is equal to the expected distribution based on theory/knowledge of
the population.
c. sample means for each group is equal
d. cases for each group is equal to the expected distribution based on theory/knowledge of
the population.
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a. Tabulation
b. Observation
c. Bivariate Table
d. Variate Table
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The most popular forms of Chi-Square used in business studies include Pearson product-
moment correlation, Spearman Rank correlation and Autocorrelation.
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Calculate the correlation coefficient using the CORREL function.
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What is the format of the CORREL function?
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a. =CORREL(Array1, Array2)
b. =CORREL(Array2, Array1)
c. CORREL(Array1, Array2)
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a. Attribute
b. Criterion
c. Classification
d. Variable
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The null hypothesis for all chi-square tests asks whether the observed number of cases in a
sample what we expect from knowledge of the population.
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What is a statistical test which is widely used to compare the mean of two groups of
samples. It is therefore to evaluate whether the means of the two sets of data are
statistically significantly different from each other?
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a. Goodness of Independence
b. Goodness of Fit
c. T-Test
d. Chi-Square
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A nice thing about the correlated groups design is that it can still be done even if there are
an uneven number of observations in the groups.
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Non-parametric tests are "distribution-free" and, as such, can be used for non-Normal
variables.
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It is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an
instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece
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a. Population Sampling
b. Population
c. Sample
d. Sampling
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In one-way ANOVA, which of the following is used within the F-ratio as a measurement of
the variance of individual observations?
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a. SSE
b. MSE
c. SSTR
d. MSTR
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The degrees of freedom for a 2 x 2 cross-tabulation table for the chi-square test of
independence equal
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a. 5
b. 1
c. 3
d. 2
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If there is correlation found, depending upon the numerical values measured, this can be
either positive or negative.
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If data in two way classification id displayed in r rows and k columns, then the degrees of
freedom for interaction will be…
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a. (r-1)(k-1)
b. K-1
c. R-1
d. R(K-1)
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In ANOVA, 2 and 2
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b. can be used to partition the total variance in scores into its components
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You obtained a significant test statistic when comparing three treatments in a one-way
ANOVA. In words, how would you interpret the alternative hypothesis HA?
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b. At least two treatments are different from each other in terms of their effect on the mean
response.
d. Exactly two of the three treatments have the same effect on the mean response.
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It is any statistical hypothesis test where the sampling distribution of the test statistic is a
chi-squared distribution when the null hypothesis is true.
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. T-Test
c. Chi-Square
d. ANOVA
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A problem with the correlated groups design is that counterbalancing is not always
possible.
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You obtain a sample chi-square value of X2 = -5.49. On the basis of this value, you know that
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a. The observed frequencies are higher than the expected frequencies across at least half of
your cells
b. The observed frequencies are lower than the expected frequencies across all cells.
c. The observed frequencies are higher than the expected frequencies across at least half of
your cells.
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b.
c.
d.
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a. Sociograms
b. Histograms
c. Scatter Plots
d. GIS
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a. Quota Sampling
b. Purpose Sampling
c. Convenience Sampling
d. Snowball Sampling
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According to the text, which of the following is not another name for the correlated-groups
design?
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a. paired-groups design
b. matched-groups design
c. before-after design
d. repeated-measures design
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a. Observation
b. Crosstabulation
c. Tabulation
d. Variate Table
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In a correlated groups design, each person participates in either the control or experimental
condition.
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If there is a probability of 5% in how many cases would a result arise solely due to chance?
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a. 5/100
b. 0.00005
d. 5/10
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Procedure:
Construct a conclusion based on the scale below:
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What is the interpretation of our computation?
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It compares the means of two (and only two) groups when the variances are not equal.
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a. Correlation Analysis
b. T-Test
c. ANOVA
d. Chi-Square
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When the expected values (E) are obtained by multiplying row totals by column totals
d. not valid.
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It is is calculated by taking the ratio of the sample of the two variables to the product of the
two standard deviations and illustrates the strength of linear relationships
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a. Spearman's Rank
c. Autocorrelation
d. Correlation Analysis
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Statisticians now believe that if the expected value (E) falls below 5-10 our chi-square test is
not valid.
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For an independent t-test, we assume that the populations of individual scores have the
same variance.
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a. To find relationships in the data
c. To assess whether there is a significant difference between a collection of categorical data
d. To assesses whether the central tendency, variability and distribution of sample is
different from that of the population
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You find a statistically significant ANOVA. In order to determine which groups are different,
you must conduct
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b. unplanned comparisons
c. planned comparisons
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Parametric statistical procedures are less powerful because they use less information in their
calculation.
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The alternative hypothesis for the test is that the two means are equal.
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A two way ANOVA is used to compare two means from two independent (unrelated) groups
using the F-distribution.
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7. Now that we have got Excel to calculate the correlation coefficient we need to interpret it
to understand its true meaning. The value is always between -1 and +1.
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What is the value of the perfect negative correlation
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a. 0
b. 1
c. +1
d. -1
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a. ANOVA
b. Correlation Analysis
c. T-Test
d. Chi-Square
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How does the shape of the t-distribution change as the sample size increases?
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a. It becomes broader.
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c. Spearman's Rho
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It is a measure of the strength and direction of association that exists between two variables
measured on at least an interval scale.
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a. Spearman's Rank
c. Autocorrelation
d. Correlation Analysis
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This method is a non probability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit
future subjects from among their acquaintances.
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a. Quota Sampling
b. Purpose Sampling
c. Snowball Sampling
d. Convenience Sampling