Question 1

Which of the following symbols is associated with the slope in the regression equation?

Accepted Answer

A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  a 
D)  b 
A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  a 
D)  b

Question 2

How would the regression equation change if there were two predictors? Write the equation for two predictor variables.

Accepted Answer

The answer of How would the regression equation change if...

Question 3

What does X? represent in the multiple regression formula?

Accepted Answer

In the multiple regr

Question 4

Which of the following symbols is associated with the y-intercept in the regression equation?

Accepted Answer

A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  a 
D)  b 
A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  a 
D)  b

Question 5

If the correlation between X and Y is equal to -1.0, what do we know about the prediction of Y by X?

Accepted Answer

If the correlation between X a

Question 6

What can be used as the basis for prediction?

Accepted Answer

A)  t test 
B)  Correlation 
C)  F test 
D)  Cohen's d 
A)  t test 
B)  Correlation 
C)  F test 
D)  Cohen's d

Question 7

What statistical technique is used to make predictions of future outcomes based on present data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Analysis of variance 
B)  Repeated measures 
C)  Linear regression 
D)  Correlational analysis 
A)  Analysis of variance 
B)  Repeated measures 
C)  Linear regression 
D)  Correlational analysis

Question 8

Which of the following is the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intercept 
B)  Predicted score 
C)  Criterion score 
D)  Slope 
A)  Intercept 
B)  Predicted score 
C)  Criterion score 
D)  Slope

Question 9

Which of the following Excel functions calculated the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

Accepted Answer

A)  SLOPE 
B)  CORREL 
C)  INTERCEPT 
D)  PEARSON 
A)  SLOPE 
B)  CORREL 
C)  INTERCEPT 
D)  PEARSON

Question 10

What are the dependent and independent variables usually referred to as in regression?

Accepted Answer

Independent variables are refe

Which of the following symbols is associated with the slope in the regression equation?

How would the regression equation change if there were two predictors? Write the equation for two predictor variables.

What does X? represent in the multiple regression formula?

Which of the following symbols is associated with the y-intercept in the regression equation?

If the correlation between X and Y is equal to -1.0, what do we know about the prediction of Y by X?

What can be used as the basis for prediction?

What statistical technique is used to make predictions of future outcomes based on present data?

Which of the following is the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

Which of the following Excel functions calculated the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

What are the dependent and independent variables usually referred to as in regression?

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Exam 16: Predicting Who’ll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression

Which of the following symbols is associated with the slope in the regression equation?

How would the regression equation change if there were two predictors? Write the equation for two predictor variables.

What does X? represent in the multiple regression formula?

Which of the following symbols is associated with the y-intercept in the regression equation?

If the correlation between X and Y is equal to -1.0, what do we know about the prediction of Y by X?

What can be used as the basis for prediction?

What statistical technique is used to make predictions of future outcomes based on present data?

Which of the following is the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

Which of the following Excel functions calculated the point at which the regression line crosses the y-axis?

What are the dependent and independent variables usually referred to as in regression?

Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You

Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages

Vive La Différence: Understanding Variability

A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

Ice Cream and Crime: Computing Correlation Coefficients

Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and Validity

Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts

Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me

Only the Lonely

t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance

Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance

Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient

What to Do When You’re Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests

Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know About

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