In: Statistics and Probability
1. If a researcher rejects a null hypothesis, what
type of error might they be committing?
a. Type I, alpha
b. Type II, beta
c. Type III, sigma
d. Type IV, gamma
2. The normal curve:
a. Is asymmetrical and asymptoptic
b. Has a mean, median and mode equal to zero
c. Has a standard deviation of zero
d. Can only be used as a descriptive statistic
3. The Central Limit Theorem:
a. Can only be applied to characteristics with a normal
distribution
b. Assumes a population distribution is normal
c. Allows us to use inferential statistics methods even
if a population distribution is not normal
d. States hypothesis testing should only be used if the
variables are continuous with normal distributions
4. A researcher runs a test for statistical
significance and gets a p-value of .003. What statements can be
made from this output?
a. There is a significant positive relationship between
the variables.
b. A beta error has been committed.
c. There is no relationship between the
variables.
d. There is a significant relationship between the
variables.
5. A researcher finds support for the following
hypothesis: There is a negative relationship between average
education level and divorce rates in states. Which of the following
interpretations could be made?
a. As average education level in states increase,
divorce rates increase.
b. As divorce rates in states increase, average
education levels increase.
c. As average education levels in states increase,
divorce rates decrease.
d. As divorce rates in states decrease, average
education levels decrease.
6. When an obtained value from a hypothesis test
falls in the critical region of a normal curve, any relationship
found between the variables is most likely due to:
a. Systematic influence
b. Chance
c. Beta error
d. Researcher error
7. Which of the following is an ordinal
variable?
a. Happiness measured as 1=happy or 2=not happy
b. Relationship status measured as 1=single,
2=divorced, 3=widowed, or 4=married
c. Life satisfaction measured as 1=very dissatisfied,
2= dissatisfied, 3= satisfied, 4=very satisfied
d. Happiness measured using an index score of 1 to
100
8. The most appropriate descriptive statistics to
report if happiness is measured as 1=happy and 2=not happy would
be:
a. Mean and standard deviation
b. Frequency distributions
c. Mean and ranges
d. None
9. Which of the following may be reported based on a
significance test?
a. Whether a relationship found between variables is
likely due to chance or not
b. Strength of a relationship between variables
c. Meaningfulness of a statistical relationship that is
found
d. Degree of influence of one variable on another
10. Inferential statistics allow us to:
a. Infer from a population to a sample
b. Infer from a sample to a population