PSYC 210: Exam 2 Review (Part 2)

The research (alternative) hypothesis is a statement that:

If someone has a z score of -1.0, what does this mean?

If my test score falls 3 SD's below the mean, my z-score is...

According to CLT, as sample size _________, the distribution of sample means more closely approximates a normal shape.

According to CLT, as sample size __________, standard error ___________

What is the primary benefit of having data that is normally distributed...

Statistical probability requires that the outcome of each trial is ____ the outcome from the prior trial.

If we reject the null when the null is true, we've made a:

In a normal distribution, what percentage of scores fall below the mean?

I'm studying political attitudes of college students so I pass out a survey to you all in class. This is an example of:

Our sample mean has z-statistic of 2.0, what does this mean?

If my score on the exam has a z-score of 0, what does this mean

What is the primary benefit of being able to assume the underlying sampling distribution is approximately normal...

If we fail to reject the null when the null is false, we've made a:

In a normal distribution, what percentage of scores fall between 2 SD below the mean and 2 SD above the mean?

"The chance of a die showing an even number is 50%" is an example of a(n):

If n is at least __, the distribution of sample means will be ~ normal, even when the underlying pop is skewed

What is an illusory correlation?

The standard deviation of the distribution of sample means is called the

The distribution of scores in a sample (drawn from a normal population) will approach normality as:

What does the symbol "µM" stand for?

"There is a 20% chance that I'll be late for class tomorrow" is an example of a(n):

Jack needs money, so he signs up for an advertised drug trial that compensates its participants. Recruiters are using:

In a normal curve, which percentile corresponds to a z score of 1.0?

Maria flips a coin 10 times to see how many times it lands on tails. In this scenario, each coin flip is a(n):

If we fail to reject the null when the null is true, we've made a:

In a normal distribution, what percentage of scores fall between 1 SD below the mean and 1 SD above the mean?

The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) ensures that our sampling distribution will always...

Maria flips a coin 10 times to see how many times it lands on tails. The result of each coin flip is a(n):

When every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected to participate in a study, it's called:

The null hypothesis is a statement that:

If we reject the null when the null is false, we've made a:

If the sample for my study is all my students in PSYC210, what is one limitation of my results (among MANY others)

Maria flips a coin 10 times to see how many times it lands on tails. In this scenario, landing on tails is termed a(n):

When each selected participant has an equal chance of being in any of the experimental conditions/groups, it's called:

Which of the z scores corresponds to the raw score farthest from the mean of the distribution?