ES 350 Exam 2

which of the following statements does not describe an advantage of repeated measures?

repeated measures can eliminate the influence of some unwanted variables

A statistical test that provides information about the relationship between two continuous variables is

Pearson product moment coefficient of correlation

Data such as sex, city of residence, or political party affiliation are what kind of measure?

nominal

A researcher decides to use an alpha of .01 and a power of .80. To determine the needed sample size the researcher must also ascertain the expected

effect size

a variable that is a moderator is on that

influences the strength of the effect of variables X on variable Y

in multiple regression, one is able to predict

one criterion from two or more predictors

for a group of normally distributed scores with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 6, the middle 68% of the scores will be between

24-36

in logistic regression, one is able to predict

a binary outcome variable

Which option is a common test statistic? (t, F, r)

all of the above

a researcher sought to find out which of two exercises was more effective in building endurance. one group used exercise A and another used exercise B. at the end of the study, the researcher should compare the two groups scores' with

an independent samples t test

when the purpose of the research is to determine the effects of one independent variable (e.g. four groups) on one dependent variable (e.g. self concept), the best choice of a statistical analysis is

analysis of variance

why cant you just run multiple t tests instead of running an ANOVA

because you would be inflating your type 1 error rate

What two things can statistics do?

establish significance and assess the magnitude of the effect

a statistical test that provides information about the relationship between two continuous variables is

pearson product moment coefficient of correlation

The term that describes the position (right or left; positive or negative) of the hump in the curve of a distribution is

skewness

Why is standard deviation important in terms of considering the sample?

If standard deviation is small, then the means is likely to be a good representation score for the sample

a pearson's correlation of .00 between two variables indicates

Independence between variables

When an experiment states that the level of significance is at the .05 level, he or she is setting the probability of committing which type of error?

type 1 error

the researcher obtained a significant F from the ANOVA. partial n^2 was found to be .30 . this is interpreted to mean that

30% of the total variance is accounted for by the treatments

What is the mode for the following set of numbers? (5, 10, 4, 1, 4, 5, 12, 8, 9 ,4)

4

a researcher finds a correlation of .70 between popularity ratings and self concept scores. what percentage of common association can be inferred between the two variables

49%

What is the median score for the following set of numbers? (3, 11, 8, 13, 5, 3, 6)

6

Which hypothesis is stated in the null form?

There is no difference between the vocabulary scores of average- and high- ability students

Variables that show a relationship with one another may be statistically correlated. Referring to the figure below, what might you expect in terms of the correlation?

a positive linear relationship

A statistical hypothesis that assumes that there is no difference among the effects of treatment

null hypothesis

If a researcher finds a small difference in average test scores between a large sample (over 700) of experimental participants and a large sample (sample size) of control participants, it is very likely that the difference is

statistically significant but does not have a high degree of meaningfulness

imagine you are rolling a 10- sided die that is equally weighted and with each side showing a number from one to ten. if you roll the die 10 times and you roll a three 4 of those 10 times, what does this tell you?

the relative frequency many not be the same as the theoretical frequency

For scores from a test to have good content validity, the following statement(s) must be true:

the test adequately samples what was covered in the course, and the percentage of points for each topic area reflects the amount of emphasis given to that topic

If a researcher fails to reject the null hypothesis when there really is a difference, this is an example of a

type 2 error

if the null hypothesis is false, one may assume the research hypothesis is the explanation for the results if

all other possible explanations have been controlled

a statistical technique that tests for significant differences between observes and expected frequencies of occurrence is

chi square

which of the following is a technique for providing information about the reliability of an instrument

coefficient alpha

of the following, which is a nonparametric statistical test

contingency coefficient

a chi-square analysis compares the responses to a question on recreational preferences of males and females at three grade levels. the resulting two way classification structure is called a

contingency table

prediction studies use which of the following as the basic analysis technique

correlation

A measure that expresses the difference between the experimental and control group in standard deviation units is the

effect size

In which of the following circumstances would you be likely to set alpha = .01 instead of alpha = .05?

if you were testing a drug that had the potential to save lives but also had serious side effects

a teacher wishes to determine the reliability of three trials on a performance test. he uses ANOVA to obtain the reliability coefficient. this technique is called

intraclass correlation

The property of a distribution of scores that relates to how peaked or flat the curve is called

kurtosis

if two measures have a high positive correlation and a person has a low score on one measure, her score on the other measure is most likely to be

low

in disciminant function analysis, one is able to predict

membership in one of three or more groups

chi square is appropriate for which one of the following types of data

observed frequencies

power is defined as the probability of

rejecting a false null hypothesis

the idea that a normal coin may land on the heads 40 times out of 100

relative frequency (an important probability concept)

if a thermometer measured the temperature in an oven as 400 degrees five days in a row when the temperature was actually 337 degrees, this measuring instrument would be considered

reliable but not valid

the type of scale that uses two adjectives such as "worthless" and "valuable" is a

semantic differential scale