STATISTIC EXAM (MCQ) KURSUS QA SIRI 2/2013 1.

The most frequently occurring number is a set of values called the: A. B. C. D. Mean Median Mode Range

2. Which of the following plots is MOST useful for detecting outlaying cases? A. B. C. D. Box and whisker plot. Histogram. C. Scatter gram Stem and leaf plot.

3. What is the range for following dataset? 14, 23, 9, 12. 21, 18, 8 A. B. C. D. 9 14 15 25

4. Which of the following constitutes discrete variables? A. B. C. D. A students top typing speed. An athletes body temperature after exercise. Favourite animal among children. Number of reported crimes in one week.

5. A Type II error occurs when the researcher: A. B. C. D. Fail to reject the null hypothesis when it is false. Fail to reject the null hypothesis when it is true. Reject the null hypothesis when it is false. Reject the null hypothesis when it is true.

6. A Type I error is also known as a: A. B. C. D. False negative. False positive. True negative. True positive.

7. The cut off the researcher uses to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis is called the: A. Alpha level. B. Degree of freedom. C. Power level. D. Probability value. 8. What is post hoc test? A. B. C. D. A follow-up test to the analysis of variance when there are three or more groups. A follow-up test to the independent t-test A test to compare two or more means in one overall test. A test to determine regression to the mean.

9. A correlation coefficient of +0.40 could be considered as: A. Fair. B. Moderate. C. Strong. D. Weak.

10. Which of the following would be used to check the homogeneity of variances? A. Confidence interval. B. Correlation coefficient. C. Levene test. D. Post hoc test.

11. Which of the following statistical procedure that used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on the values of independent variable? A. Correlation analysis. B. Correlation coefficient. C. Regression analysis. D. Regression coefficient.

12. Which of the following is the researcher usually interested in supporting when he or she is engaging in hypothesis testing? A. Both the alternative and null hypothesis. B. Neither the alternative nor null hypothesis. C. The alternative hypothesis. D. The null hypothesis.

13. Statisticians have carried out a Kruskal-Wallis test. There are significant differences between the three groups they are testing. How might the statisticians conduct the pairwise comparisons? A. Use independent t-test. B. Use post hoc test. C. Use the Mann-Whitney test. D. Use Wilcoxon sign rank test.

14. How many dependent variables are used in simple linear regression? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four

15. Ahmad is doing a study to explore the relationship between knowledge towards exercise and physical fitness levels. Which plot might he uses to explore this relationship? A. Box and whisker plot. B. Histogram. C. Scatter gram. D. Stem and leaf plot.

16. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding population size? A. The larger the population size, the closer the population mean will be to the sample mean. B. The larger the sample size, the closer the sample mean will be to the population mean. C. The smaller the population size, the smaller the relationship will be between the sample mean and the population mean.. B. The smaller the sample size, the closer the sample mean will be to the population mean.

17. What is the alternate hypothesis? A. The assumption that a significant result is unlikely. B. The assumption that there is a relationship or difference between the variables you are testing. C. The assumption that there is no relationship or difference between the variables you are testing. D. The pattern between the variables you are testing.

18. What is possible conclusion based on the information below? n r x y 36 -0.75 being in care Feeling different from others

A. Being in care had an effect on people to make them feel different from others. B. There is a moderate negative relationship between being in care and feeling different from others. C. There is a strong positive relationship between being in care and feeling different from others. D. There is no relationship between being in care and feeling different from others.

19. Which of the following is the assumption for paired t-test? A. The observations differences are normally distributed. B. The observations for each group are normally distributed. C. The dependent variables consist of one categorical variable. D. The dependent variables consist of two categorical variables.

20. Wilcoxon sign-rank test is suited for A. non-parametric and dependent sample. B. non-parametric and independent sample. C. parametric and dependent sample. D. parametric and independent sample.