DR. YANGA’S COLLEGES, INC.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

MATH 120-Statistics

Final Exam

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Please follow the Instruction on the ANSWER SHEET.

1-2. The range of the correlation coefficient is?

A. -1 to 0 B. 0 to 1 C. -1 to 1 D. -2 to 2
3-4. Which of the following values could not represent a correlation coefficient?
A. r = 0.99 B. r = 1.09 C. r = -0.73 D. r = -1.0
5-6. Which of the following indicates a strong positive correlation?
A. r = 0 B. r = -0.793 C. r = 0.913 D. r = 0.45
7-8. The coefficient of determination is the
A. ratio of the explained variation to the total deviation.
B. ratio of the unexplained deviation to the explained deviation.
C. ratio of the unexplained deviation to the total variation.
D. ratio of the explained variation to the total variation.
9-10. If the correlation coefficient r = 0.5 then the coefficient of determination is
A. 0.10 B. 0.25 C. 1.00 D. 2.50

11-12. Consider these two variables: time VS amount of work done. Which is the dependent variable?

A. time B. amount of work done C. both of them D. none of them

13-14. Which of the following indicates a perfect negative correlation?

A. r = -10.0 B. r = -5.0 C. r = -2.0 D. r = -1.0

15-16. Consider the regression line y = -4x + 3, if x = 6, what is the projection for the value of y?
A. -24 B. -21 C. -18 D. -15

17-18. Which of the following statements is true about the regression line y = -4x + 3?
A. there is a positive correlation between x and y
B. there is a negative correlation between x and y
C. there is no correlation between x and y
D. there is a slight correlation between x and y

19-20. In which part of the coordinate system must the independent variable be placed?
A. x-axis B. y-axis C. origin D. in any quadrant

21-22. The correlation coefficient is used to determine

A. A specific value of the y-variable given a specific value of the variable x.
B. A specific value of the x-variable given a specific value of the variable y.
C. The strength of the relationship between variables x and y.
D. None of these

23-24. If there is a very strong correlation between two variables then the correlation coefficient must be
A. any value larger than 1 B. much smaller than zero if the correlation is negative
C. much larger than zero regardless of whether the correlation is negative or positive
D. None of the alternatives is correct.

25-26. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is the

A. dependent variable B. independent variable C. intervening variable D. constant variable

27-28. The coefficient of correlation is

A. is the square of the coefficient of determination B. is the same as r-square
C. is the square root of the coefficient of determination D. can never be negative
29-30. 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 the above

31-32. It is used in measuring the degree of relationship between two variables.

A. Correlation B. Regression C. Chi-square D. Combination
33-34. It is a test that can be used for a variable or two variables for which these are two or more categories.
A. Correlation B. Regression C. Chi-square D. Combination
35-36. It concerns the study of relationships between quantities variables with the object of identifying,
estimating, and validating the relationship.
A. Correlation B. Regression C. Chi-square D. Combination
37-38. It is a test that can be used for a variable or two variables for which these are two or more categories.
A. Correlation B. Regression C. Chi-square D. Combination
39-40. Two variables are said to be positively related if larger values of one variable tend to be associated
with larger values of the other.
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRELIVANT
41-42. Two variables are said to be negatively related if larger values of one variable tend to be associated
with smaller values of the other.
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRRELEVANT
43-44. The sample correlation coefficient measures the strength and direction of the linear relationship
between two variables using sample data.
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRRELEVANT
45-46. If there is a perfect positive linear relationship between the variables, the value of r will be equal to +1
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRRELEVANT
47-48If there is a perfect negative linear relationship between the variables, the value of r will be equal to –1.
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRRELEVANT
49-50. If there is little or no linear relationship between the variables, the value of r will be close to 0.
A. the statement is ALWAYS TRUE
B. the statement is SOMETIMES TRUE
C. the statement is NEVER TRUE
D. the statement is IRRELEVANT