Question 1

Analysing data is which stage in the five-stage model of research?

Accepted Answer

A) 1st 
B) 2nd 
C) 4th 
D) 5th 
A) 1st 
B) 2nd 
C) 4th 
D) 5th D

Question 2

SPSS is a computer software program used for..?

Accepted Answer

A) Doing your work for you 
B) Analysing data sets 
C) Checking football scores 
D) Voting on The X Factor 
A) Doing your work for you 
B) Analysing data sets 
C) Checking football scores 
D) Voting on The X Factor B

Question 3

Which of the following is a common example of self-reporting measurement error?

Accepted Answer

A) Lying on a questionnaire 
B) Calculator malfunction 
C) Miscalibrated scales 
D) Dud batteries in a stopwatch 
A) Lying on a questionnaire 
B) Calculator malfunction 
C) Miscalibrated scales 
D) Dud batteries in a stopwatch A

Question 4

A randomized controlled trial (RCT)is often used to test?

Accepted Answer

A) Efficacy of various types of intervention within a patient population 
B) Popularity of types of music 
C) Methods of data collection 
D) Versions of SPSS software 
A) Efficacy of various types of intervention within a patient population 
B) Popularity of types of music 
C) Methods of data collection 
D) Versions of SPSS software

Question 5

A repeated-measures design uses?

Accepted Answer

A) Different subject groups throughout 
B) The same subject group throughout 
C) Mixed subject groups throughout 
D) No subject groups 
A) Different subject groups throughout 
B) The same subject group throughout 
C) Mixed subject groups throughout 
D) No subject groups

Question 6

What does this symbol mean? √

Accepted Answer

A) Divide by 
B) 2+2=4 
C) Square root 
D) Equal to 
A) Divide by 
B) 2+2=4 
C) Square root 
D) Equal to

Question 7

Two distributions (D1 and D2)are plotted onto the same graph.D1 is right skewed,D2 is left skewed.The mean of D1 is lower than D2.Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) The mean of D2 is higher than the median of D2. 
B) The mean of D2 is lower than the median of D1. 
C) The median of D1 is the same as the mean of D2. 
D) All of the above 
A) The mean of D2 is higher than the median of D2. 
B) The mean of D2 is lower than the median of D1. 
C) The median of D1 is the same as the mean of D2. 
D) All of the above

Question 8

Your seminar tutor congratulates all students for working hard on their statistics homework.This is an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) No reinforcement 
B) Negative reinforcement 
C) Positive reinforcement 
D) Data collection 
A) No reinforcement 
B) Negative reinforcement 
C) Positive reinforcement 
D) Data collection

Question 9

A data set is usually collated in?

Accepted Answer

A) Tabular form 
B) Histograms 
C) Pie charts 
D) A Word document 
A) Tabular form 
B) Histograms 
C) Pie charts 
D) A Word document

Question 10

You ask a class of 15 students to tell you the number of people who follow them on Twitter.They give their answers as 10,27,145,70,8,23,2,0,66,201,12,5,9,34,20.
-Calculate the median number of followers.

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 12 
C) 20 
D) 145 
A) 0 
B) 12 
C) 20 
D) 145

Question 11

The random allocation to groups of participants in an RCT occurs?

Accepted Answer

A) Before assessment of eligibility and recruitment 
B) After assessment of eligibility and recruitment but before implementation of the intervention 
C) After both assessment of eligibility and recruitment and implementation of the intervention 
D) At any point 
A) Before assessment of eligibility and recruitment 
B) After assessment of eligibility and recruitment but before implementation of the intervention 
C) After both assessment of eligibility and recruitment and implementation of the intervention 
D) At any point

Question 12

You ask a participant in a study to roll a die,and to keep rolling until they roll either a 5 or a 6.What is the variance of the distribution of the number of rolls required?

Accepted Answer

A) 6 
B) 3 
C) 1/3 
D) 1/18 
A) 6 
B) 3 
C) 1/3 
D) 1/18

Question 13

You begin a study with primary school children.You show them a box which contains 3 yellow,2 black,4 white and 3 clear buttons.Two buttons are taken one after the other at random from the box.What is the probability that both buttons are black?

Accepted Answer

A) 1/6 
B) 1/16 
C) 1/60 
D) 1/66 
A) 1/6 
B) 1/16 
C) 1/60 
D) 1/66

Question 14

How is a null hypothesis denoted?

Accepted Answer

A) H0 
B) H1 
C) H2 
D) H3 
A) H0 
B) H1 
C) H2 
D) H3

Question 15

Which of the following is an effective data collection tool in educational research?

Accepted Answer

A) Baseline surveys 
B) Acting 
C) Visiting a solicitor 
D) Brushing your teeth 
A) Baseline surveys 
B) Acting 
C) Visiting a solicitor 
D) Brushing your teeth

Question 16

The two most important sources of systematic variation in RCTs are?

Accepted Answer

A) Counterbalancing and randomization 
B) Systematic and unsystematic variation 
C) Practice effects and boredom effects 
D) Frequency distributions and positive skews 
A) Counterbalancing and randomization 
B) Systematic and unsystematic variation 
C) Practice effects and boredom effects 
D) Frequency distributions and positive skews

Question 17

Which of the following are true statements? 
I.All bell-shaped distributions are symmetric.
II.Bar charts are useful to describe quantitative data.
III.Cumulative frequency plots are useful to describe quantitative data.

Accepted Answer

A) I only 
B) I and II only 
C) I and III only 
D) II and III only 
A) I only 
B) I and II only 
C) I and III only 
D) II and III only

Question 18

A sample of size n is used to estimate the confidence interval for a proportion.Upon review,you consider the standard deviation too large.If you want to reduce your standard deviation so that it is a tenth (1/10)of the original size,what size sample do you need?

Accepted Answer

A) 10n 
B) 100n 
C) 1000n 
D) 10,000n 
A) 10n 
B) 100n 
C) 1000n 
D) 10,000n

Question 19

The median is always?

Accepted Answer

A) The middle score when results are ranked in order of magnitude 
B) The most frequently occurring value in a data set 
C) The same as the mean 
D) Never the same as the mode 
A) The middle score when results are ranked in order of magnitude 
B) The most frequently occurring value in a data set 
C) The same as the mean 
D) Never the same as the mode

Question 20

Which of the following is a brief definition of 'contiguity'?

Accepted Answer

A) Cause and effect must occur close together in time, 
B) The effect will occur before the cause, 
C) Cause and effect can occur randomly, 
D) Effect never determines cause, 
A) Cause and effect must occur close together in time, 
B) The effect will occur before the cause, 
C) Cause and effect can occur randomly, 
D) Effect never determines cause,

Exam 1: Why Is My Evil Lecturer Forcing Me to Learn Statistic

Analysing data is which stage in the five-stage model of research?

SPSS is a computer software program used for..?

Which of the following is a common example of self-reporting measurement error?

A randomized controlled trial (RCT)is often used to test?

A repeated-measures design uses?

What does this symbol mean? √

Two distributions (D1 and D2)are plotted onto the same graph.D1 is right skewed,D2 is left skewed.The mean of D1 is lower than D2.Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Your seminar tutor congratulates all students for working hard on their statistics homework.This is an example of?

A data set is usually collated in?

You ask a class of 15 students to tell you the number of people who follow them on Twitter.They give their answers as 10,27,145,70,8,23,2,0,66,201,12,5,9,34,20. -Calculate the median number of followers.

The random allocation to groups of participants in an RCT occurs?

You ask a participant in a study to roll a die,and to keep rolling until they roll either a 5 or a 6.What is the variance of the distribution of the number of rolls required?

You begin a study with primary school children.You show them a box which contains 3 yellow,2 black,4 white and 3 clear buttons.Two buttons are taken one after the other at random from the box.What is the probability that both buttons are black?

How is a null hypothesis denoted?

Which of the following is an effective data collection tool in educational research?

The two most important sources of systematic variation in RCTs are?

Which of the following are true statements? I.All bell-shaped distributions are symmetric. II.Bar charts are useful to describe quantitative data. III.Cumulative frequency plots are useful to describe quantitative data.

A sample of size n is used to estimate the confidence interval for a proportion.Upon review,you consider the standard deviation too large.If you want to reduce your standard deviation so that it is a tenth (1/10)of the original size,what size sample do you need?

The median is always?

Which of the following is a brief definition of 'contiguity'?

The Spine of Statistics

The Phoenix of Statistics

The Ibm Spss Statistics Environment

Exploring Data With Graphs

The Beast of Bias

Non-Parametric Models

Correlation

Regression

Comparing

Moderation,mediation and Multicategory Predictors

Comparing Several Means

Analysis of Covariance

Factorial Anova

Repeated-Measures Designs

Mixed Design Anova

Multiple Analysis of Variance Manova

Exploratory Factor Analysis

Categorical Data

Logistic Regression

Multilevel Linear Models

Filters

Two distributions (D₁ and D₂)are plotted onto the same graph.D₁ is right skewed,D₂ is left skewed.The mean of D₁ is lower than D₂.Which of the following statements is incorrect?