Stats Kahoot

  1. Mean square is most related to which of the following

  • Standard deviation

  • Mean

  • Variance 

  • A square curmudgeon



  1. An F close to 1.00

  • Is statistically significant

  • Is associated with high probability

  • Lead to rejection of the null

  • Both one and two 



  1. In a one-factor repeated measures ANOVA, into how many sources is the variability partitioned 

  • 2 

  • 4 

  • 3

  • Equal to the value of K



  1. How about a 2x2 factorial ANOVA

  • 2 

  • 3 

  • 4 

  • 1



  1. Which of the following is an inaccurate pairing 

  • A significant F with significant post hoc results

  • A significant F with only one significant post hoc results

  • A significant F without significant post hoc results

  • Tik tok and millennials 



  1. As a theoretical distribution, F is 

  • Symmetrical 

  • Skewed to the left

  • Skewed to the right

  • Rectangular



  1. A design had two factors: social class (lower, middle, upper) and sex (male,female) What the RxC

  • 2x4

  • 3x2

  • 3x4

  • 2x2



  1. ANOVA is a 

  • Post hoc test

  • Null hypothesis test

  • A priori test

  • Both a NHST and a priori test



  1. In factorial designs, a measure of variations amongst treatments, Independent of other factors is 

  • An interaction effect

  • A main effect

  • An error 

  • A subjects test



  1. Upon graphing cell means for a factorial ANOVA, all the lines are parallel. This suggests

  • A significant interaction

  • Am error is graphing

  • An interaction that is not significant 

  • A significant main effect



  1. I measure cats and dogs’ ability to two different mazes I should use 

  • A one way ANOVA

  • A factorial ANOVA

  • A repeated measures ANOVA

  • This review has really gone to the dogs 



  1. I measure mean voter turnout in five different states. I should use 

  • A one way ANOVA

  • A repeated measures ANOVA

  • A factorial ANOVA

  • None of these



  1. I measure a cohort of students across seven different points of time, I should use 

  • A repeated measures ANOVA

  • A factorial ANOVA

  • A one way ANOVA

  • A paired sample t test



  1. To claim that the effect of one factor on a DV is conditioned by another factor is a 

  • Main effect

  • Interaction effect

  • Post hoc

  • Effect size 




  1. The ANOVA assumes 

  • Equal Variances in the populations measured

  • Random selection/assignment 

  • Normal distribution of scores in the populations measured

  • All of these 



  1. The philosophy that a process can be better understood if essential parts are express as number is

  • Number analysis 

  • Rationalism 

  • Quantification

  • Numberism



  1. A bivariate distribution

  • Has two possible correlations

  • Has two possible regression lines

  • Has one regression line 

  • Is a set of two independent samples



  1. If I had scores on a depression scale, I could do a correlation with 

  • Biological sex 

  • Social class

  • Race 

  • Anxiety scale 



  1. A correlation is best for 

  • Linear relationships 

  • Curvilinear relationships

  • Categorical sta 

  • Categorical IV continuous DV



  1. “The more I study, the higher my grades” characterizes 

  • A positive relationship

  • A negative relationship

  • A weak relationship

  • No relationship 



  1. Which of the following is not a possible correlation coefficient

  • 0.00

  • -.99

  • 1.70

  • .50




  1. The coefficient “a” in regression is

  • The slope

  • The place the line crosses the y-axis 

  • The values of y with x=o

  • Both two and three 



  1. Which of the following is a condition for causation

  • Temporal ordering

  • Ruling out confounding factors

  • A relationship between two variables

  • All of these



  1. The “b” coefficient in regression is

  • The slope of the regression line

  • The y-axis

  • The rate of change in the Y variable per every one unit change in x

  • Both one and three



  1. The line of best fit

  • Has the least amount of error 

  • Is constructed from a regression equation

  • Always has the mean of x and y 

  • All of these



  1. Which method allows for making predictions 

  • Regression

  • Test of independence 

  • Correlation 

  • Goodness of fit test 



  1. Which test has the null hypothesis: the prediction fits the observed data

  • Chi square goodness of fit test

  • Chi square test of independence 

  • One sample t test

  • Paired samples t test



  1. If I reject a null hypothesis when it is actually true, I am making the 

  • Type I error 

  • Type II error 

  • No idea

  • Call 3G Wentworth 877 cash now





  1. A test statistic that is greeted than the critical value means

  • I should retain the null hypothesis 

  • Could be making a Type I error

  • I should reject the null hypothesis 

  • Both two and three



  1. Chi square has in common with ANOVA and t test techniques 

  • Population scores are assumed to be normally distributed 

  • A null hypothesis is tested

  • Mean scores are being evaluated 

  • All of these 



  1. Which of the following is not true of chi square

  • Its nature is additive

  • The population are assumed to be normally distributed

  • It can be direct that two variables are related to each other 

  • It deals with frequencies 



  1. Contingency tables go with chi square

  • Test of independence 

  • Test of effect size

  • Test of goodness of fit

  • Test with df > 1



  1. Which describes the null hypothesis for a goodness of fit test

  • That two variables are associated

  • That the predictions fit the data

  • That the two variables are independent 

  • That predictions do not fit the data 



  1. Theoretical/expected frequencies in tests of independence are obtained

  • By assuming the categories of events are independent

  • By assuming the categories of events are related in some way

  • From predictions based on theory

  • In the same way as in tests of goodness of fit



  1. Odds ratio are most similar to

  • Null hypothesis testing

  • Standard deviation

  • Inferential statistics

  • Effect size index





  1. When an odds ratio equals 1, it means

  • Event A is more likely, relative to event B

  • Event A is equally likely, relative to event B

  • Event A is less likely, relative to event B

  • None of these 



  1. Degrees of freedom for a test of independence is 

  • K - 1

  • (R-1)(C-1)

  • N - 1 

  • R - C



  1. In a test of independence there is a variable gender (male, female, nonbinary) and edu (undergrad, grad) level. What is RxC

  • 2x2

  • 3x1

  • 3x2

  • 2x4



  1. Set alpha to .05 As df increases, what happens to the chi square critical values

  • It increases

  • It decrease 

  • It matches the population mean

  • It doesn't change