TEST 11: MULTIPLE CHOICE; Encircle the letter that corresponds to your

answer.
(3 points each)

1. When one analyses data based on a sample, one calculates a

a) Parameter b) variable c) constant d) statistics

2. Mathematical methods used to draw tentative conclusions about a population based

on sample Data are referred to as

a) Descriptive statistics b) sample statistics

c) inferential statistics d) random sampling

3. Referring the following sets of numbers, X1 =2, X2 = 4, X3 = 6, X4 = 10, what is the

value for the summation of X?

a) 12 b) 156 c) 480 d) 22

4. The purpose of a frequency distribution is to

a) Present scores and their frequency of occurrence

b) Present data in a more meaningful way than single scores

c) Provide more information than a graph

5. The mean is ____ sensitive to extreme scores than the median.

a) More b) equally c) less

6. If a distribution of raw scores is negatively answered, transforming the raw scores

will result in a ________ distribution.

a) Normal b) bell shaped

c) positively skewed d) negatively skewed

7. Which of the following values of r represents the strongest degree of relationship

between two variables?
a) 0.55 b) 0.00 c) 0.78 d) 0.80

8. If p (obtained) from an experiment equals 0.05 and alpha equals 0.05 (both two –
tailed), what would you conclude?
a) Reject Ho b) retain Ho c) reject H1 d) retain H1
9. An experimenter randomly divides a sample into two groups and gives each group a
different treatment and analyses the group scores. With what test can the result be
analyzed?

a) sign test b) mann – Whitney U test c) both of the two d) none of them

10. A raw score distribution that is negatively skewed will produce a sampling
distribution of the mean for N = 4 which is

a) Also negatively skewed b) normally distributed

c) positively skewed d) cannot be determined

11. The 95% confidence interval of the mean for summation of X = 13.0, s = 1.6, and N
= 21 is

a) 12.01 to 13.99 b) 12.27 to 13.73 c) 11.05 to 15.05 d) 12.95 to 14.95

12. A major advantage of using the two conditions experiment example control and
experimental Groups is
a) The test has more power
b) The data are easier to analyses
c) The experiment does not need to know population parameters
d) a and b

13. The total degrees of freedom for an experiment with n1 = 10, n2 = 12, and n3 = 10 is

a) 2 b) 32 c) 31 d) 29

14. The value of Qcrit using the HSD test for 6 groups with 6 subjects in each group
and alpha = 0.01is

a) 4.30 b) 4.23 c) 5. 24 d) 5.37

15. The X2 test can be used for variables with ______ scaling as long as the
categories are mutually exclusive.

a) Nominal b) ordinal c) interval d) all of the above