Exam 15: The General Linear Model and Making Sense of Advanced Statistical Procedures in Research Articles

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When raters use categories (e.g.,present v.absent)to assess participants' data,the appropriate reliability statistic is __________.

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Question 41

If an investigator using structural equation modeling measures school status as a combination of GPA,number of activities,and involvement in school government,school status is a

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Question 42

If a measure has low reliability,the correlation between it and any other variable will typically be

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The most widely used measure of reliability,which is equivalent to the average of the split-half correlations from all possible splits into halves of the items on a test,is __________.

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Question 44

In a multilevel model,Level-1 variables reflect __________.

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An investigator wants to know the relation between burden and mastery over and above any possible effects of depression.The procedure the investigator would use is

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The purpose of a mediational analysis is to examine whether a presumed causal relationship between two variables

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Question 47

To be considered part of a factor,a variable should have a loading greater than __________.

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Question 48

A test would be considered most useful when its reliability is

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Question 49

The difference among means of groups is ordinarily tested by

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Question 50

The variables about the people or observations within each grouping in a multilevel model are

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Question 51

A significant MANCOVA is usually followed up with

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Question 52

An unmeasured theoretical variable assumed to be the underlying cause of several variables that are actually measured and used in the analysis is a(n)__________ variable.

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Question 53

An experimenter hypothesizes that if X is a cause,Y is an effect,and the relation is mediated by M.If this logic is correct,then one aspect of the analysis implies that should predict Y,even after controlling for .(Give letters.)

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Question 54

In structural equation modeling,

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Question 55

Hierarchical linear modeling is a common name for

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Question 56

A multivariate statistical technique is a statistical procedure involving more than one __________.

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Question 57

In structural equation modeling,a __________ chi-square test indicates that the model is a poor fit.

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Question 58

The goal of path analysis is

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For the __________,.05 is considered a very good fit.(Spell out,do not use the abbreviated term.)

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When raters use categories (e.g.,present v.absent)to assess participants' data,the appropriate reliability statistic is __________.

If an investigator using structural equation modeling measures school status as a combination of GPA,number of activities,and involvement in school government,school status is a

If a measure has low reliability,the correlation between it and any other variable will typically be

The most widely used measure of reliability,which is equivalent to the average of the split-half correlations from all possible splits into halves of the items on a test,is __________.

In a multilevel model,Level-1 variables reflect __________.

An investigator wants to know the relation between burden and mastery over and above any possible effects of depression.The procedure the investigator would use is

The purpose of a mediational analysis is to examine whether a presumed causal relationship between two variables

To be considered part of a factor,a variable should have a loading greater than __________.

A test would be considered most useful when its reliability is

The difference among means of groups is ordinarily tested by

The variables about the people or observations within each grouping in a multilevel model are

A significant MANCOVA is usually followed up with

An unmeasured theoretical variable assumed to be the underlying cause of several variables that are actually measured and used in the analysis is a(n)__________ variable.

An experimenter hypothesizes that if X is a cause,Y is an effect,and the relation is mediated by M.If this logic is correct,then one aspect of the analysis implies that should predict Y,even after controlling for .(Give letters.)

In structural equation modeling,

Hierarchical linear modeling is a common name for

A multivariate statistical technique is a statistical procedure involving more than one __________.

In structural equation modeling,a __________ chi-square test indicates that the model is a poor fit.

The goal of path analysis is

For the __________,.05 is considered a very good fit.(Spell out,do not use the abbreviated term.)

Displaying the Order in a Group of Numbers

Central Tendency and Variability

Some Key Ingredients for Inferential Statistics: Z Scores,the Normal Curve, Sample Versus Population, and Probability

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Hypothesis Tests With Means of Samples

Making Sense of Statistical Significance:decision Errors, Effect Size, and Statistical Power

Introduction to T Tests: Single Sample and Dependent Means

The T Test for Independent Means

Introduction to the Analysis of Variance

Factorial Analysis of Variance

Correlation

Prediction

Chi-Square Tests

Strategies When Population Distributions Are Not Normal: Data Transformations and Rank-Order Tests

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Exam 15: The General Linear Model and Making Sense of Advanced Statistical Procedures in Research Articles

When raters use categories (e.g.,present v.absent)to assess participants' data,the appropriate reliability statistic is __________.

If an investigator using structural equation modeling measures school status as a combination of GPA,number of activities,and involvement in school government,school status is a

If a measure has low reliability,the correlation between it and any other variable will typically be

The most widely used measure of reliability,which is equivalent to the average of the split-half correlations from all possible splits into halves of the items on a test,is __________.

In a multilevel model,Level-1 variables reflect __________.

An investigator wants to know the relation between burden and mastery over and above any possible effects of depression.The procedure the investigator would use is

The purpose of a mediational analysis is to examine whether a presumed causal relationship between two variables

To be considered part of a factor,a variable should have a loading greater than __________.

A test would be considered most useful when its reliability is

The difference among means of groups is ordinarily tested by

The variables about the people or observations within each grouping in a multilevel model are

A significant MANCOVA is usually followed up with

An unmeasured theoretical variable assumed to be the underlying cause of several variables that are actually measured and used in the analysis is a(n)__________ variable.

An experimenter hypothesizes that if X is a cause,Y is an effect,and the relation is mediated by M.If this logic is correct,then one aspect of the analysis implies that __________ should predict Y,even after controlling for __________.(Give letters.)

In structural equation modeling,

Hierarchical linear modeling is a common name for

A multivariate statistical technique is a statistical procedure involving more than one __________.

In structural equation modeling,a __________ chi-square test indicates that the model is a poor fit.

The goal of path analysis is

For the __________,.05 is considered a very good fit.(Spell out,do not use the abbreviated term.)

Displaying the Order in a Group of Numbers

Central Tendency and Variability

Some Key Ingredients for Inferential Statistics: Z Scores,the Normal Curve, Sample Versus Population, and Probability

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Hypothesis Tests With Means of Samples

Making Sense of Statistical Significance:decision Errors, Effect Size, and Statistical Power

Introduction to T Tests: Single Sample and Dependent Means

The T Test for Independent Means

Introduction to the Analysis of Variance

Factorial Analysis of Variance

Correlation

Prediction

Chi-Square Tests

Strategies When Population Distributions Are Not Normal: Data Transformations and Rank-Order Tests

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An experimenter hypothesizes that if X is a cause,Y is an effect,and the relation is mediated by M.If this logic is correct,then one aspect of the analysis implies that should predict Y,even after controlling for .(Give letters.)