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Psychological Statistics Exam

The document contains 49 multiple choice questions about statistical concepts and tests. It covers topics like descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency, hypothesis testing, correlation, sampling, normal distributions, and different types of statistical tests including t-tests, z-tests, chi-square tests, and ANOVA. The questions assess understanding of key terms, calculations, assumptions, and procedures in statistical analysis.

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Psychological Statistics Exam

The document contains 49 multiple choice questions about statistical concepts and tests. It covers topics like descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency, hypothesis testing, correlation, sampling, normal distributions, and different types of statistical tests including t-tests, z-tests, chi-square tests, and ANOVA. The questions assess understanding of key terms, calculations, assumptions, and procedures in statistical analysis.

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1.

A one sample t test is Compares two means to a population


2. In ANOVA, treatment is another word for Different levels of a factor
Different levels of a factor
3. Univariate statistics can deal with up to two variables being studied. False
4. If P value is less than alpha no correct answer
5. A researcher may opt to test the whole population to get better results in
the study False
6. The mean is the best value to describe an entire set of data. True
7. What symbol is used to represent Chi square? X2
8. What is the median of the following numbers 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13?
11

9. What is the percentage of the following students? 92% and 69%


Student A 60/65
Student B 45/65
10. Studying the before and after effects is also known as Matched pairs
t test
11. Which of the following is false for an alternative hypothesis?

12. Smaller samples give smaller variability measures. False


13. If the p value is lesser than 0.05, it means that Reject the null
hypothesis
14. A one tailed t test finds out if There is a significant difference
specified in one direction
15. The probability of a Type 1 error is denoted by Alpha
16. The p value of 0.04 means that there is a 4% chance of it to likely
happen. True
17. A 2 independent samples proportion test is also called a Two
proportion z-test
18. Statistics is used to prove the hypothesis of a research to be right or
wrong. True
19. To reject null hypothesis p value must be lesser than alpha True
20. If r2 = 0.43, it means that A strong positive linear relationship
21. When the Pearson and Spearman correlation values equals a +1, it
means That when one variable increases, the other variable increases as
well
22. The researcher is trying to find out the effects of stress on heart
beats per minute. The dependent variable is Stress
23. A matched pairs t test Compares 2 paired scores and its effects on
the independent variable

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24. In a normal distribution the pre-calculated area of a z score can be
found in the Standard normal distribution table
25. In descriptive statistics, the main objective is to ____________.
Describe data on hand
26. The null hypothesis means There is no difference between the two
sample groups
27. Descriptive statistics is important because it describes the data in a
simpler interpretation of the data. True
28. The variance is computed by getting the square of the Standard
Deviation
29. When making use of the same subjects testing the before and after
effects, we would need to employ the Paired Samples t Test
30. The greater the standard deviation number, the ________________ the
dispersion wider
31. The area of the normal curve is equal to No correct answer
32. Rejecting the null hypothesis means that there is a difference in the
variables of the study. True
33. Gender is an example of nominal data. True
34. What is the range of the following numbers 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12,
13? 3
35. An identified representative group or subset of the whole is called a
______________. Sample
36. What is the mean of the following numbers 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12,
13? 11
37. Descriptive statistics all except z test
38. The alternative hypothesis is the educated outcome guess of a
researcher. False
39. is the method by which survey respondents are chosen without bias
and with equal ability to be participants in the study. Random sampling
40. The z score is obtained so that The researcher has a standardized
reference
41. A group of researchers tested the before and after effects of social
media on a group of 50 teenagers. To test the hypothesis T distribution
with 49 degrees of freedom
42. A type 2 error is the probability of accepting a true alternative
hypothesis. True
43. When hypothesis testing the means of 2 independent populations,
our data should be _______________. Must be from a normal distribution
44. he researcher randomly sampled 40 participants from the first
group and 20 participants from the second group. What is the degrees of
freedom? 58

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45. In the equation of the best fitting line, Y = mx + b, m refers to
the slope
46. What is the mode of the following numbers 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12,
13? 10
47. The median is easily swayed by big and small values in the data
set. True
48. R squared is a measure of Variance of squares
49. A sample contains all the data of the group that a researcher is
studying. true

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