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Research exam 2!
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You are testing a null hypothesis H0 with a=0.05 and B=0.20. What is probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis
0.05
0.25
0.10
0.20
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We have a distribution like this:24,12,9,12,9,24. Which has same stat values for this data?
Mode and range
Mean and median
Mean and range
Variance and standard deviation
3
What is the difference between a nominal scale and an ordinal scale?
Defined units
True zero
Rank order
Mutual exclusivity
4
For a one-mean left-tailed t-test with a sample size of 10 and a=0.05,what is the critical value(tcrit)?
-2.262
-1.833
-1.645
-2.228
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Which of the following is an interval level of measurement?
Age
Temperature measured in Celsius
Rankings in a race
Number of siblings
6
Given drug X: 8.1,-7.0,2.0,3.0,-2.4,2.2,5.5,-5.3. What is sample size(n) and sample mean(x)
8, 0.76
7, 1.20
8, 1.00
8, 0.50
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Which of the following is a continuous variables?
Temperature
Shoe size
Number of books on a shelf
Number of people in a room
8
The significance level and P-value of a hypothesis test are given as a=0.01 and p value=0.03. Should null be rejected?
Reject the null hypothesis
Reject the null hypothesis with strong confidence
Do not reject the alternative hypothesis
Do not reject the null hypothesis
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Which of the following is a continuous variable?
Temperature
Number of cars in parking lot
Number of students in a classroom
Shoe size
10
We have a list of numbers: which of the following information can we NOT get from a box plot?
Quartile
Range
Median
Mean
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Which of the following statements concerning the areas under the standard normal curve is/are true?
If z-score is positive, the area to its left is less than 0.5
If a-score is negative, the area to its right is greater than 0.5
If the area to he right of z-score is Less than 0.5, z-score is negative
12
Sampling errors are made by selecting non-representative samples. They are mistakes that should be avoided
False
True
13
Please rank the 4 levels of measurements from the lowest to highest level:
Interval,nominal,ordinal,ratio
Nominal,ordinal,interval,ratio
Ratio,interval,ordinal,nominal
Ordinal,nominal,ratio,interval
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Which of the following is not available from a box plot
IQR
Maximum
Mean
Range
15
We use ___ to describe the population and ___ to describe the sample
Parameters, statistics
Mean, median
Statistics , parameters
Variables, data
16
The power of a hypothesis test increases when:
Probability of making a type 1 error increases
Significance level decreases
Sample size decreases
Probability of making a type 2 error increases
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Dichotomous variables are a type of discrete variable that can take only?
Two values
Three values
Infinite values
One value
18
Find the sample standard deviation for the following data: 2,6,15,9,11,21,5,4,8,19
5.7
8.3
6.4
7.2
19
Adult IQ scores are normally distributed with u=100 and o=15. What % of population do u expect IQ between 110-120
0.2546
0.1596
0.7486
0.9082
20
Which one of the following changes will make the confidence interval narrower?
Increase sample size (n)
Increase confidence level
Decrease confidence levels
Decrease sample size (n)
21
In a left skewed distribution, which of the following central tendency is correct?
Mode=median=mean
Median>mode>mean
Mean>median>mode
Mode>median>mean
22
If a statistic is significant from 1 at the 0.05 levels the 95% CI will not contain 1
False
True
23
The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis is known as
The a-level
The p-value
The power
The B-level
24
The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means is also referred to as ___
The standard deviation
The standard error
The critical value
The sampling error
25
What is the probability corresponding to a a-score grater than -1.33
0.0918
0.9082
0.6239
0.8165
26
We have a list of numbers:10,6,7,9,15,10,18,5. We know mean is 10. What is the missing number?
12
5
10
15
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For a t-curve with df=11, what is value of t(0.10)?
1.363
1.796
1.372
1.476
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In a typical right skewed distribution, which of the following relationships between different central tendency is right
Median>mode>mean
Median>mean>mode
Mode>median>mean
Mean>median>mode