Exam 15: Frequency Distribution, Crosstabulation, and Hypothesis

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The McNemar test is another paired sample nonparametric test that is used in the special case of a binary variable where the researcher wishes to test differences in proportions.

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The is the difference between the 75th and 25th percentile.

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To balance the two types of errors, alpha (a), also known as _ , is often set at .01 or .05.

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A mathematical distribution whose objective is to obtain a count of the number of responses associated with different values of one variable and to express these counts in percentage terms is a .

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If a variable is measured on a nominal scale, the median should be used.

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A statistic that indicates the distribution's dispersion is a .

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Which of the following statements is true concerning cross- tabulations with two variables?

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The is a statistic that assumes that the variable has a symmetric bell- shaped distribution and the mean is known (or assumed to be known) and the population variance is estimated from the sample.

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The difference between the mean and an observed value is called the deviation from the mean.

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The is used as a measure of the strength of association in the special case of a table with two rows and two columns (a 2 × 2 table).

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The tendency of the deviations from the mean to be larger in one direction than in the other is called skewness.

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For the parametric case, involving proportions for two independent samples, the null and alternative hypotheses are . A) H0: a12 = a22 H1: a12 × a22

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If the calculated value of the test statistic is less than the critical value of the test statistic (TS CR), the null hypothesis is rejected.

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If the kurtosis is positive, the distribution is more peaked than a normal distribution.

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In hypothesis testing, the observations are paired so that the two sets of observations relate to the same respondents.

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The alternative hypothesis: the percentage of Internet users who use the Internet for shopping is greater than .40, is a .

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The F test of sample variance may be performed if it is not known whether the two populations have equal variance. In this case the hypotheses are .

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In SPSS, if the data are interval scaled and only the summary statistics are desired, the DESCRIPTIVES procedure can be used.

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The can be used to assess the strength of association in a table of any size.

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Give three reasons why cross- tabulation is widely used in marketing research.

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