Exam 12: Data Analysis in Quantitative Research

A researcher wants to predict the score on a job satisfaction scale using knowledge of an individuals' age, years in his or her profession, and annual salary. The appropriate statistical procedure for this situation would be

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Question 21

If a distribution of scores is characterized by very few extremely high or extremely low values, with most values clustering around the mid-range, this distribution would be described as

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Question 22

A researcher found that people with more negative life events had lower scores on overall health status than people with fewer negative life events. The researcher can conclude that

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Question 23

Which of the following pairs of measures would indicate the most heterogeneous set of normally distributed scores?

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Question 24

Outliers are best detected by examining the

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Question 25

Which of the following distributions of scores is most homogeneous?

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Question 26

A researcher wants to determine the relationship between 24-hour calorie intake and stress, which is measured on a visual analog scale. The appropriate statistic for determining this relationship would be

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Question 27

The relationship between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure would be

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Question 28

Which of the following statistical tests cannot be used to examine differences between groups?

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Question 29

A one-tailed test of significance should be used if the research hypothesis is

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Question 30

The statistical procedure that can be used to control for differences in the characteristics of groups is

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Question 31

A researcher performs multiple regression analysis and obtains an r value of 0.70. How should this value be interpreted?

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Question 32

The power of a statistical test refers to the

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Question 33

The distribution for the variable "number of days hospitalized in a general hospital" would most likely be

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Question 34

In a skewed distribution of values, the mean will be

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Question 35

A sampling distribution of means is

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Question 36

A researcher hypothesizes that pain intensity levels of postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients will be higher when they are walking on a treadmill than when walking in their own home. The appropriate statistical test for examining this hypothesis is

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A researcher wants to predict the score on a job satisfaction scale using knowledge of an individuals' age, years in his or her profession, and annual salary. The appropriate statistical procedure for this situation would be

If a distribution of scores is characterized by very few extremely high or extremely low values, with most values clustering around the mid-range, this distribution would be described as

A researcher found that people with more negative life events had lower scores on overall health status than people with fewer negative life events. The researcher can conclude that

Which of the following pairs of measures would indicate the most heterogeneous set of normally distributed scores?

Outliers are best detected by examining the

Which of the following distributions of scores is most homogeneous?

A researcher wants to determine the relationship between 24-hour calorie intake and stress, which is measured on a visual analog scale. The appropriate statistic for determining this relationship would be

The relationship between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure would be

Which of the following statistical tests cannot be used to examine differences between groups?

A one-tailed test of significance should be used if the research hypothesis is

The statistical procedure that can be used to control for differences in the characteristics of groups is

A researcher performs multiple regression analysis and obtains an r value of 0.70. How should this value be interpreted?

The power of a statistical test refers to the

The distribution for the variable "number of days hospitalized in a general hospital" would most likely be

In a skewed distribution of values, the mean will be

A sampling distribution of means is

A researcher hypothesizes that pain intensity levels of postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients will be higher when they are walking on a treadmill than when walking in their own home. The appropriate statistical test for examining this hypothesis is

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