Deck 18: Some Other Important Statistical Procedures You Should Know About

Question 1

What the following method was used in investigating "one wants to see what sets of variable discriminate between two sets of individuals?"

A)analysis of variance
B)analysis of covariance
C)multiple regression
D)discriminant analysis

Answer 1

D

Question 2

If you want to equalize initial differences between two groups before examining group differences, what procedure would you use?

A)ANOVA
B)ANCOVA
C)MANOVA
D)Repeated-measures ANOVA

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The goal in ______ analysis is to represent those things that are related to one another by a more general name?

A)path
B)logistic
C)factor
D)meta

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In what type of ANOVA is there one factor on which participants are tested more than once?

A)analysis of covariance
B)repeated measures
C)multivariate analysis
D)path analysis

Question 5

Which of the following statistical techniques is used to examine correlations but allows a bit of a suggestion as to the direction, or causality, in the relationship between factors?

A)factor analysis
B)path analysis
C)multivariate analysis
D)analysis of covariance

Question 6

Dr.Moo would like to examine the impact of personality type on participants' interest in high-adrenaline sports, as well as interpretive dancing.What would be the appropriate test for her to use?

A)ANCOVA
B)path analysis
C)MANOVA
D)ANOVA

Question 7

Of the following, which procedure allows a researcher to explore how items on a particular measure cluster together?

A)correlation
B)factor analysis
C)path analysis
D)MANOVA

Question 8

Which of the following advanced procedures is characterized by the use of more than one dependent variable?

A)ANOVA
B)ANCOVA
C)MANOVA
D)repeated-measures ANOVA

Question 9

Which of the following procedures can be used to examine within-groups change over time?

A)ANOVA
B)ANCOVA
C)MANOVA
D)repeated-measures ANOVA

Question 10

Researchers collected data on many variables and then looked at the relationships among all of them.Those measures that seemed to contain items that were related were deemed ______.

A)path
B)ANOVA
C)MANOVA
D)factor

Question 11

When is MANOVA most appropriate to use?

A)one dependent variable
B)two independent variables and one dependent variable
C)two or more dependent variables
D)more than three independent variables

Question 12

Which method is used to present the results in a graphical representation of the relationships among all of the different factors under consideration?

A)path analysis
B)SEM
C)factor analysis
D)eta analysis

Question 13

What method was used in generating this result: Mothers' literacy activities and mothers' level of education contributed significantly to children's language skills, whereas mothers' age and shared reading did not.

A)analysis of variance
B)analysis of covariance
C)multiple regression
D)logistic regression

Question 14

Which of the following statistical techniques is used when values of more than one variable are used to predict the value of another variable?

A)ANOVA
B)EFA
C)MANOVA
D)multiple regression

Question 15

Researchers combine data from several studies to examine patterns and trends.What analysis is that?

A)path analysis
B)multiple regression
C)factor analysis
D)meta-analysis

Question 16

If a researcher wants to examine the direction of a relationship between two variables such that they posit that one variable causes the other, what type of statistical procedure would be used?

A)correlation
B)ANOVA
C)MANOVA
D)path analysis

Question 17

Which of the following is sometimes referred to as an umbrella term for techniques such as regression, path analysis, and factor analysis?

A)MANOVA
B)EFA
C)ANOVA
D)SEM

Question 18

Which of the following techniques is used when the goal is to represent variables as a number of more general constructs?

A)path analysis
B)ANOVA
C)factor analysis
D)multiple regression

Question 19

It is very hard to determine clearly the effect of the treatment variable on any one outcome.Which test is most appropriate to use in this situation?

A)ANCOVA
B)path analysis
C)MANOVA
D)ANOVA

Question 20

In data analysis, researchers often use a technique based on how well various items are related to one another and form clusters.What technique is this?

A)path analysis
B)logistic regression
C)factor analysis
D)meta-analysis

Question 21

Multivariate analysis of variance is also known as ______.

A)Path
B)ANOVA
C)MANOVA
D)Factor

Question 22

Which the following method studies causality between variables?

A)path analysis
B)meta-analysis
C)factor analysis
D)multiple regression

Question 23

MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance) is used when you want to include more than one dependent variable in an analysis.

Question 24

Structural equation modeling is a relatively new technique that has become increasingly popular since it was introduced in the early ______.

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 25

Which analysis examines correlations and allows researchers to suggest direction?

A)path analysis
B)meta-analysis
C)factor analysis
D)multiple regression

Question 26

Path analysis examines correlations but allows researchers to suggest direction or ______, in the relationship between factors.

A)correlation
B)relationship
C)causality
D)evaluation

Question 27

MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance) can be preferred, as when the independent variables are related to one another.

Question 28

Researchers use several independent variables to predict dependent variable.What analysis is this?

A)path analysis
B)logistic regression
C)factor analysis
D)multiple regression

Question 29

Analysis of variance is known as ______.

A)Path
B)ANOVA
C)MANOVA
D)Factor

Question 30

Structural equation modeling is ______.

A)confirmatory
B)exploratory
C)descriptive
D)evaluative

Question 31

The outcome variable in the regression analysis is the ______.

A)dependent variable
B)independent variable
C)mediating variable
D)intervening variable

Question 32

Which of the following statistical techniques is used when the value of one variable is used to predict the value of another variable?

A)ANOVA
B)EFA
C)linear regression
D)multiple regression

Question 33

There are many studies that have been published on gender differences.______ could help clarify the meaning of all those studies' outcomes.

A)path analysis
B)meta-analysis
C)factor analysis
D)regression analysis

Question 34

Repeated-measures analysis of variance is used when there is one factor on which participants are tested more than once.

Question 35

Of the following, which procedure is sometimes referred to as the method which simplifies or reduces data?

A)correlation
B)factor analysis
C)path analysis
D)MANOVA

Question 36

______ set out to discover a particular relationship with less model building beforehand.

A)Exploratory techniques
B)Confirmatory techniques
C)Qualitative techniques
D)Quantitative techniques

Question 37

Which method is used to investigate how closely related a set of items are and how they might form clusters?

A)path analysis
B)meta-analysis
C)factor analysis
D)repeated measures

Question 38

The predicting variables in the regression analysis are ______.

A)dependent variables
B)independent variables
C)mediating variables
D)intervening variables

Question 39

Factor analysis is sometimes used since ______ can be better at representing outcomes than individual variables.

A)Path
B)Meta
C)Factors
D)Repeated measures

Question 40

Which analysis method is considered confirmatory, as opposed to exploratory?

A)regression analysis
B)SEM
C)factor analysis
D)meta-analysis

Question 41

Give an example of a research situation where factor analysis would be the most appropriate statistical technique.

Question 42

Multiple regression is a type of linear regression that includes more than one independent variable.

Question 43

Analysis of variance is used when you want to control for the effect of one or more continuous variables.

Question 44

Give an example of a research situation where MANOVA would be the most appropriate statistical technique.

Question 45

Give an example of a research situation where ANCOVA would be the most appropriate statistical technique.

Question 46

Give an example of a research situation where repeated-measures ANOVA would be the most appropriate statistical technique.

Question 47

Give an example of a research situation where multiple regression would be the most appropriate statistical technique.