Exam 14: Bivariate Statistical Analysis: Tests of Association

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In a regression equation, if the average value of X is 4.6, the average value of Y is 2.3, and the slope is -1.2, then the y-intercept is approximately:

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A researcher would like to predict sales volume against advertising dollar expenditure. Which of the following statistical tests would you suggest?

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The correlations table below indicates that: Correlations Sales Advertising expenditure Productivity (average salesper month) Pearson correlation Sig. (two-tailed) 0.354 N 100 0.103 Months employed Pearson correlation 0.843 100 Sig. (two-tailed) 0.000 1 N 100 100 ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).

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Which of the following statements is true?

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To determine the proportion of variance in the dependent variable that is explained by the independent variable, which of the following needs to be derived?

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Which type of statistical test is appropriate for testing whether or not there is an association between two ordinal variables?

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The Pearson correlation analysis is a statistical procedure that tests for differences between two interval variables.

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A Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficient is a technique used when determining the correlation between two _______ scaled variables.

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In correlation analysis, the alternative hypothesis is typically stated as ρ ≠ 1.

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Regression is a statistical technique for measuring the curvilinear association between a dependent and independent variable.

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'Test of association' is a general term that refers to a number of bivariate statistical techniques used to measure whether or not two variables are associated with each other.

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The Pearson's correlation coefficient is a standardised measure of effect size.

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What is the most common cut-off significance value for accepting or rejecting hypothesis?

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In the regression equation, is the: Y=α+βXY = \alpha + \beta X

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An F-test can be applied to a regression to determine the residual error.

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The regression output for sales and advertising spend is shown below. Model summary Model -square Adjusted -square Std. error of the estimate 1 .445 (a) .198 .169 1229.780 a Predictors: (Constant), advertising spend ANOVA(b) Model Sum of squares df Mean square Sig. 1 Regression 10448599.647 1 10448599.647 6.909 .014() Residual 42346067.019 28 1512359.536 Total 52794666.667 29 a Predictors: (Constant), advertising spend B Dependent variable: Sales (A$'000) Coefficients(a) Model Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficients Sig. Std. Error Beta 1 (Constant) 2993.298 706.247 4.238 .000 Number of salespeople 42.928 16.332 .445 2.628 .014 a Dependent variable: Sales (A$'000) The above shows that:

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If the value of r = 0, there is a perfect positive relationship between the two variables under study.

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A research hypothesis states that male university students are more likely to study STEM courses than female university students. Thus, the researcher would like test to see if an association exists between gender and area of study. Which statistical test is most appropriate?

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One of the simplest techniques for describing sets of relationships between two interval variables is the cross-tabulation.

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A correlation analysis can be used to ascertain whether or not gender is related to brand awareness.

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