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Examining Relationships among Statistics and Applications MCQ

The straight line that best fits a correla-tion and consists of each X value in the relationship and its predicted Y value is line of best fit

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Correct Answer: True

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After the first quiz to assess student knowledge of the reading material, a professor reports that student scores ranged from 0 to 2 on the 10-point quiz. If the students really read the material, what could explain the scores?

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Correct Answer: Floor effect

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By substituting an X value in the regression equation, we compute the ______.

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Correct Answer: Predicted Y (Y′) value that falls on the line of best fit

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Correlational studies are used ______.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The scatterplot above depicts a ______.

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Correct Answer: Negative relationship

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The standard error of the estimate represents the ______.

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Correct Answer: Average difference between the predicted Y values (Y′) and their actual values

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The regression equation is the formula ______.

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Correct Answer: For the line of best fit

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You are studying the relationship between pet ownership (yes–no) and life satisfaction. You should compute a ______.

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Correct Answer: Point-biserial correlation coefficient

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The statistic used to assess relationships between two interval/ratio variables is a ______.

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Correct Answer: Pearson’s correlation coefficient

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When two variables move in the same direction together (both increase or both decrease), they will be ______.

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Correct Answer: Positively correlated

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After the first test, your professor found a correlation of r = –.23 between students’ self-reported anxiety and test scores. This means that ______.

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Correct Answer: There is a weak negative relationship between anxiety and test scores

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The value that results from entering a particular X value in a regression equation is ___ predicted

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Correct Answer: Y

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The point at which a line of best fit crosses the y-axis, designated as “___” in the regression equation is Y intercept

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Correct Answer: A

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Standard error of the estimate is formula for a ___ regression equation.

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Correct Answer: Linear

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Describes the rate of change in Y with each unit of change in X (or the incline of the line of best fit), desig-nated by “___” in the regression equation is called slope

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Correct Answer: B

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A graph of the data points created by participant scores on two measures is called

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Correct Answer: Scatterplot

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Equation that describes the rela-tionship between ___variables and allows us to predict Y from X.

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Correct Answer: Two

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The variable that is used to predict the value of another variable, and a term used instead of IV in a correlational design.

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Correct Answer: Predictor

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A relationship where scores on two variables move in the same direction is called

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Correct Answer: Positive correlation

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Point biserial correlation coefficient describes the relationship between a dichotomous variable and an interval/ratio variable; interpreted similarly to a Pearson correlation coefficient.

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Correct Answer: True

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Perasons's r coefficient in statistics used to describe a linear rela-tionship between ___interval/ratio measures describes the direction (positive or negative) and strength (between +/− 1.0) of the relationship.

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Correct Answer: Two

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A relationship where scores on two variables move in opposite directions (one increases while the other decreases).

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Correct Answer: Negative correlation

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____ regression is a statistical technique that computes both the individual and combined contribu-tion of two or more variables to the prediction of another variable.

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Correct Answer: Multiple

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A relationship between two variables, defined by their moving in a single direction together is ____ relationship

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Correct Answer: Linear

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Restricting the lower limit of a measure so that lower scores are not assessed accurately is called

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Correct Answer: Floor effect

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Dichotomous variable is a nominal variable that has ___ levels or groups.

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Correct Answer: Two

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Criterion variable is predicted variable in a regression equation.

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Correct Answer: True

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A correlational research design investigates relationships between variables without the researcher controlling or manipulating any of them

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Correct Answer: True

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A relationship between variables is called

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Correct Answer: Correlation

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Coefficient of determination is proportion of vari-ability accounted for by knowing the relationship (correla-tion) between ___ variables.

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Correct Answer: Two

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Restricting the upper limit of a measure so that higher levels of a measure are not assessed accurately is called

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Correct Answer: Ceiling effect

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