Exam III Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
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The ANOVA is like an extension of the:

A

t-test

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2
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When type of design includes an ANOVA where one factor is repeated and the other is not?

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Mixed design

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3
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This is another name for the factorial ANOVA:

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two-way analysis of variance

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4
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The number of main effects is equal to:

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The number of independent variables

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5
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A factorial ANOVA is this type of analysis:

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univariate

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6
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When plotted on a graph, if the lines representing the effects of two variables cross, you have:

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An interaction effect

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7
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Analysis that examines more than one dependent variable or outcome is known as _____.

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Multivariate ANOVA

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8
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What type of ANOVA would examine effects of political party (eg. democrat, republican, or independent) affiliation and gender on the attitudes toward the death penalty?

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3 x 2 ANOVA

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Which of the following would be an example of a design that examines the effects gender and school type (i.e. elementary, middle, high school) on a scale of students attitudes toward learning?

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2 x 3 ANOVA

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10
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Correlation coefficients examine:

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the relationship between variables

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Which of the following is an example of a null hypothesis for testing a correlation coefficient?

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H0: [ ] xy = 0

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12
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If you do not predict a relationship between two variables as being either positive or negative, what type of test should you use?

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two-tailed

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13
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Which of the following types of reliability correlates scores on a single measure on two different occasions?

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test-retest

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14
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If the correlation between two variables is .496, how much of the variance has not been accounted for?

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75.4 %

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15
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When computing a correlation coefficient, if you have the degrees of freedom of 55, your sample size must be

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57

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16
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In order to meet the sample assumption associated with parametric statistics, how many subjects do you need?

17
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If you have 100 respondents identifying their political affiliation (Republican, Democrat, or independent) what would the expected frequency be for each category?

18
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Which of the following nonparametric tests is used to compare two independent samples?

A

Mann- Whitney

19
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Which of the following compares the overall difference between two or more independent samples?

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Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA

20
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If there is no difference between what is observed and what is expected, your chi-square value will be:

21
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In the following result: x^2(3)= 8.4, p < .05, what is .05?

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the level of significance

22
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In calculating a one sample chi-square test, if you had 7 degrees of freedom, your variable would have this number of categories:

23
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Which of the following procedures can be utilized to examine within groups change over time?

A

Repeated Measures ANOVA

24
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If you want to equalize initial differences between two groups before examining group differences, what procedure would you use?

25
Which of the following is sometimes referred to as an "umbrella" term for techniques such as Regression, Path Analysis, and Factor Analysis?
SEM
26
Of the following, which procedure is sometimes referred to as "data reduction" method as it allows a researcher to explore how items on a particular measure cluster together?
Factor Analysis
27
In what type of ANOVA is there one factor on which participants are tested more than once?
Repeated Measures
28
Which of the following statistical techniques is used when values of more than one variable are used to predict the value of another variable?
Multiple Regression
29
Which of the following statistical techniques is used to examines correlations but allows a but of a suggestion as to the direction, or causality, in the relationship between factors?
Path Analysis
30
Which of the following statistical software packages is free?
OpenStat4
31
Which of the following is billed as "statistical discovery software" that produces graphics with each statistical procedure?
JMP
32
What sciences are SYSTAT and SPSS oriented towards?
Social & behavioral sciences and biological & physical sciences
33
Which of the following programs is most often used by researchers in the biological and physical sciences?
SYSTAT
34
Which of the following programs is most often used by researchers in the social and behavioral sciences?
SPSS
35
Which of the following offers publication-quality custom-titled and legend graphs that can be exported to Bitmap, Postscript, and HPGL file formats?
STATISTIX for windows
36
The statistical program featured in the text, Statistics for people (who think) they hate stats is___
SPSS