Psychological Statistics

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The alpha level ____.

is determined
by the
consequences
of making a
Type I and Type
II error

An alpha level of 0.05 indicates that

___

the probability
of a Type II
error is 0.05

The closer the points on a scatter

diagram fall to the regression line, the
____ between the scores.

higher the
correlation

A correlation between college entrance

exam grades and scholastic
achievement was found to be -1.08. On
the basis of this you would tell the
university that ____.

they should
hire a new
statistician

Exhibit 8-3 Assume you are rolling two

fair dice once. Refer to Exhibit 8-3. The
probability of obtaining a sum of 2 or 12
equals ____.

0.0556

If 49% of the total variability of Y is

accounted for by X, what is the value of
r?

0.70

If alpha equals 0.05 and the probability

level of your experiment is 0.04, you
would ____.

reject the null

hypothesis

If alpha equals 0.05, how many times

out of 100 would you expect to reject
the null hypothesis when the null
hypothesis is in fact true?

If bY = 0, the regression line is _

horizontal

If bY is negative, higher values of X are

associated with ____.

lower values of
Y

If events A and B are independent, then

p(A and B) = ____.

p(A)p(B)

If m = 35.2 and s = 10, then p(X) for X

39 equals ____. Assume random
sampling.

0.6480

If N is small, an extreme score ____.

might have a
large effect on
robt

If p(A and B) = 0, then A and B must be

____.

mutually
exclusive

If the alpha level is changed from 0.05

to 0.01, what effect does this have on
beta?

beta increases

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If the correlation between two sets of

scores is 0 and one had to predict the
value of Y for any given value of X, the best
prediction of Y would be ____.

mean

If the regression line for predicting X

given Y were X' = 103Y + 26.2, what would
the value of X' be if Y = 0.2?

46.8

If the value of sY|X = 4.00 for relationship

A and sY|X = 5.25 for relationship B, in
which relationship would you have the
most confidence in a particular
prediction?

In an experiment involving a
nondirectional alternative hypothesis, the
obtained result was 7 pluses and 1 minus.
To evaluate the null hypothesis, which of
the following probabilities would you use?

p(0) + p(1)
+ p(7) +
p(8)

The nondirectional alternative hypothesis

asserts that ____

the results
of the
experiment
were due to
chance
alone

The points (0,5) and (5,10) fall on the

regression line for a perfect positive linear
relationship. What is the regression
equation for this relationship?

Y' = X + 5

The primary reason we use a scatter plot

in linear regression is ____.

to
determine if
the
relationship
is linear or
curvilinear

Probabilities vary between ____.

0 and 1

The probability of correctly calling 4 tosses

of an unbiased coin in a row equals ____.

0.0625

The probability of drawing an ace followed

by a king (without replacement) equals
____.

0.0060

The probability of rolling an even number

or a one on a throw of a single die equals
____.

0.6667

The proportion of variance accounted for

by a correlation between two variables is
determined by ____.

r squared

The regression of Y on X ____.

4. predicts Y
given X

True or False: For a linear relationship to

exist, all the points must fall on a straight
line.

False

True or False: For all problems, we must use either the Addition Rule or the Multiplication Rule, but
not both.

False

True or false: f results are statistically significant, the independent variable must have had a large
effect.

False

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True or False? he least squares regression line insures the maximum number of direct hits.

False

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True or False: If an event is certain not to occur, its probability of occurrence equals 0.00

True

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true or false: If H0 is true and we reject it, we have made a Type I error.

true

True or False: If the correlation between two variables is 1.00, the standard error of estimate equals
0.

True

True or False: If the relationship is imperfect, the value of the correlation coefficient must be
negative.

False

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What is the slope for the points X1 = 30 and Y1 = 50, and X2 = 25 and Y2 = 40?

2.00

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When a correlation exists, lowering the range of either of the variables will ____.

lower the
correlation

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Y can be most accurately predicted from X if the correlation between X and Y is ____.

-0.98

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