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Example Question #37 :Measurement & Methodology
What is the mode of the following set of scores:
The mode is the number that occurs most often in the data set. In this case the mode is:
Example Question #38 :Measurement & Methodology
Which of the followingz-scores demonstrates the least significant deviation from the mean?
Az-score represents the distance away from the mean for a particular score, expressed in terms of standard deviations. Thus, a z-score of 0 is equal to the mean, and a z-score of 1.4 is equal to 1.4 standard deviations above a given mean.
Example Question #39 :Measurement & Methodology
A researcher is performing a statistical analysis of data in order to draw conclusions. They are attempting to perform an analysis of variance (ANOVA), but are stymied when all the deviations from the mean sum to zero. The researcher most likely forgot which of the following?
Forgot to square each difference before summing
Forgot to convert the differences from interval to ratio scale
Forgot to include adjustments for experimental error (EE)
Forgot to calculate one average for the negative values and one for the positive values
None of these
Forgot to square each difference before summing
When calculating the sum of squares (SS) as part of an ANOVA, each individual difference from the mean must be squared before summing. This makes intuitive sense when one realizes that the average of all scores which came together to make a mean in the first place must be that mean!
Example Question #40 :Measurement & Methodology
What is the appropriate inferential statistic to use when your data are from two or more groups of scores, with each score a measure of the same interval/ratio variable, and there are two independent variables and one dependent variable present?
Two-factor ANOVA
Multiple regression analysis
MANOVA
T-test
Chi-squared analysis
Two-factor ANOVA
A two-way analysis of variance is the most appropriate tool for determining simultaneously the effects of two (or more) independent variables on a dependent variableand(如果强度的交互any) between the independent variables.
Example Question #41 :Measurement & Methodology
When conducting a two-way analysis of variance, the degrees of freedom (df) for each factor is best expressed as__________.
one less than the number of levels for that factor
None of these
one less than the number of trials for that factor
one less than the number of levels for all factors
one less than the number of participants (n) in each trial
one less than the number of levels for that factor
Thedffor each independent variable orfactoris determined by how many different levels of that factor are included in the analysis. This can create a problem for calculating sums of squares and ultimately for calculating post hoc analyses, as the number of levels in a factor can be very large.
Example Question #41 :Measurement & Methodology
Which statistical procedure is best used when there are two or more independent variables, the variables can be held fixed with respect to each other, and a conditional expectation of dependent variable given the independent variables is required?
All of these
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Regression analysis
Spearman's rank-correlation coefficient
Two-way ANOVA
Regression analysis
A regression analysis, so long as all but one independent variable at a time can be held fixed, is able to produce a predictive window called aconditional expectationthat allows for prediction of dependent variable values given set independent variable levels.
Example Question #43 :Measurement & Methodology
The primary difference between a sequential sum of squares and an adjusted sum of squares is that the adjusted sum of squares__________.
None of these
depends on the order in which factors are entered into the model
does not depend on the order in which factors are entered into the model
only works for models with small values forn
only works for models with large values forn
does not depend on the order in which factors are entered into the model
调整后的平方和是一个不同的模型nes the amount of remaining variance in a model is explained by a factorgiven thatall the other factors are already in the model. For a sequential sum of squares, the amount of variance in a model is explainedonly giventhe factors which are already in the model. Thus, the first factor inserted in a sequential sum of squares carries the most weight.
Example Question #44 :Measurement & Methodology
All of the following are true about the General Linear Model (GLM) except which of the following?
All of these
It incorporates F-testing,t-testing, linear regression, and ANOVA models
It can test hypotheses using either multivariate or multiple independent univariate tests
It works irrespective of the error terms in each matrix
It generalizes multiple linear regression to more than one dependent variable
It works irrespective of the error terms in each matrix
The general linear model, expressed as, works by comparing a model matrix (sometimes called a design matrix) to a parametric estimate, while also factoring for generalized error terms within the data. It works best when errors are uncorrelated across measurements.
Example Question #45 :Measurement & Methodology
One appropriate use of a biased ANOVA term for expected mean squares might be which of the following?
If the population means are not equal to one another (the null hypothesis is false)
If the population mean cannot be estimated
If the factors are expected to have an interaction
None of these
If one or more terms are nonparametric in the model
If the population means are not equal to one another (the null hypothesis is false)
有偏见的EMS时最常用的随机的怪兽ms are part of the factors in the model (and thus, when the population means cannot be reasonably assumed to be equal irrespective of treatment effect).
Example Question #46 :Measurement & Methodology
All of the following are true about Pearson'srexcept which of the following?
All of these
Confidence intervals cannot be established for weak values ofr
Sampling distribution can be made to fit Student'st-distribution
Strength of correlation ranges from -1 to 1
Sampleris extremely accurate at estimating population correlation coefficients if sample size is large
Confidence intervals cannot be established for weak values ofr
Constructing a confidence interval for Pearson'srcan be done through a process called "bootstrapping", which involves re-sampling with replacement a certain number of values in each correlation a large number of times.
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