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Correlation and Regression MCQ

The point at which the regression line crosses the Y-axis is called ____.

Y-intercept

X-itercept

Slope

Gradient

Answer

Correct Answer: Y-intercept

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A measure of social class that is often based on some combination of income, occupation, and education is called socioeconomic status.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The steepness of the regression line is called _____.

Slope

Gradiant

Intercept

Correlation

Answer

Correct Answer: Slope

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A graph that displays the relationship between two interval/ratio variables by plotting the location of each case as a point at the intersection of two axes (X and Y) is called ____.

Scatter plot

Line graph

Dot plot

Box plot

Answer

Correct Answer: Scatter plot

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A statistical method that assesses the degree to which two variables are correlated and is represented as a straight “best-fitting” line is called ____.

Regression

Correlation

Causation

Retestation

Answer

Correct Answer: Regression

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The percent of total variance in the dependent variable that is explained by the independent variable is called _____.

R-square

T-test

P-value

Chi-square

Answer

Correct Answer: R-square

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A relationship between two interval/ratio variables where lower values on one variable tend to have lower values on the second variable and when cases with higher values on one variable tend to have higher values on the second variable is called Positive correlation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A symmetrical measure of association that is based on a presumed linear relationship between two interval/ratio variables is called _____.

Pearson’s r

P-value

Chi-square

Answer

Correct Answer: Pearson’s r

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A relationship between two interval/ratio variables with lower values on one variable tend to have higher values on the second variable is called _____ correlation.

Negative

Positive

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative

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A tool used to describe the relationship between two interval/ratio variables that relies on the use of scatterplots and a prediction of the “best-fitting” line to describe the trend is called _____ regression.

Linear

Logistic

Exponential

Binary

Answer

Correct Answer: Linear

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A period of unprecedented economic expansion in the U.S. economy during the post–World War II era is called _____.

Fordism

Psot fordism

Toyotism

Taylorism

Answer

Correct Answer: Fordism

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A line that runs through a scatterplot along the path that minimizes the total sum of case deviations from the line is called _____.

Correlation

Fit line

Fordism

Regression

Answer

Correct Answer: Fit line

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A symmetrical measure of association used when working with two interval/ratio variables that is based on variance is called _____.

Correlation

Fordism

Fit line

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Correlation

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