Question 1

What is the statistical technique used to discover a particular relationship requiring less model building beforehand?

Accepted Answer

A) exploratory technique 
B) confirmatory technique 
C) qualitative technique 
D) quantitative technique 
A) exploratory technique 
B) confirmatory technique 
C) qualitative technique 
D) quantitative technique

Question 2

Which of the following statistical techniques uses values of more than one variable to predict the value of another variable?

Accepted Answer

A) ANOVA 
B) EFA 
C) MANOVA 
D) multiple regression 
A) ANOVA 
B) EFA 
C) MANOVA 
D) multiple regression

Question 3

Which method is used to investigate how closely related a set of items are and how they might form clusters?

Accepted Answer

A) path analysis 
B) meta-analysis 
C) factor analysis 
D) repeated measures 
A) path analysis 
B) meta-analysis 
C) factor analysis 
D) repeated measures

Question 4

Which of the following statistical techniques is used to examine correlations but postulates a theorized direction,or causality,in the relationship between factors?

Accepted Answer

A) path analysis 
B) factor analysis 
C) multivariate analysis 
D) analysis of covariance 
A) path analysis 
B) factor analysis 
C) multivariate analysis 
D) analysis of covariance

Question 5

In data analysis,researchers often use a technique based on how well various items are related to one another and form clusters.What technique is this?

Accepted Answer

A) path analysis 
B) logistic regression 
C) factor analysis 
D) meta-analysis 
A) path analysis 
B) logistic regression 
C) factor analysis 
D) meta-analysis

Question 6

Path analysis examines correlations but allows researchers to suggest direction,or ______,in the relationship between factors.

Accepted Answer

A) correlation 
B) relationship 
C) causality 
D) evaluation 
A) correlation 
B) relationship 
C) causality 
D) evaluation

What is the statistical technique used to discover a particular relationship requiring less model building beforehand?

Which of the following statistical techniques uses values of more than one variable to predict the value of another variable?

Which method is used to investigate how closely related a set of items are and how they might form clusters?

Which of the following statistical techniques is used to examine correlations but postulates a theorized direction,or causality,in the relationship between factors?

In data analysis,researchers often use a technique based on how well various items are related to one another and form clusters.What technique is this?

Path analysis examines correlations but allows researchers to suggest direction,or ______,in the relationship between factors.

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What is the statistical technique used to discover a particular relationship requiring less model building beforehand?

Which of the following statistical techniques uses values of more than one variable to predict the value of another variable?

Which method is used to investigate how closely related a set of items are and how they might form clusters?

Which of the following statistical techniques is used to examine correlations but postulates a theorized direction,or causality,in the relationship between factors?

In data analysis,researchers often use a technique based on how well various items are related to one another and form clusters.What technique is this?

Path analysis examines correlations but allows researchers to suggest direction,or ______,in the relationship between factors.

Statistics or Sadistics Its up to You

Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages

Understanding Variability: Vive La Différence

A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and Crime

Understanding Reliability and Validity: Just the Truth

Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

Probability and Why It Counts: Fun With a Bell-Shaped Curve

Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me

Only the Lonely: the One Sample Z-Test

Teafor Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups

Teafor Two Again: Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

Two Groups Too Many Try Analysis of Variance

Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variancea Brief Introduction

Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficients: Cousins or Just Good Friends

Using Linear Regression: Predicting Wholl Win the Super Bowl

Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests: What to Do When Youre Not Normal

An Introduction to Data Mining

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