Statistics for the Health Sciences – Sample Final Exam Questions – Study Guide
& Practice Set
Independent t-test - ANS ✔✔If you wanted to determine whether the 2 groups differed
significantly in their % fat, the appropriate statistical test is:
-0.93 - ANS ✔✔From the choices below, identify the strongest correlation coefficient.
a. specific mean differences after a t-test
b. differences between more than 2 means
c. specific mean differences after a correlation
d. none of the above
none of the above
(answer should be "specific mean differences after an ANOVA) - ANS ✔✔A Post-hoc test is used
to determine:
the mean and median are equal - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is false about skewed data:
reliability - ANS ✔✔The ability of a test to produce the same measurements from one day to
the next is:
objectivity - ANS ✔✔The ability of a test to produce the same measurements regardless of who
administers it is:
50 times out of 100 you would be wrong if you concluded the means were different - ANS
✔✔When testing whether 2 means are significantly different, a p-value = 0.50 means:
& Practice Set
Independent t-test - ANS ✔✔If you wanted to determine whether the 2 groups differed
significantly in their % fat, the appropriate statistical test is:
-0.93 - ANS ✔✔From the choices below, identify the strongest correlation coefficient.
a. specific mean differences after a t-test
b. differences between more than 2 means
c. specific mean differences after a correlation
d. none of the above
none of the above
(answer should be "specific mean differences after an ANOVA) - ANS ✔✔A Post-hoc test is used
to determine:
the mean and median are equal - ANS ✔✔Which of the following is false about skewed data:
reliability - ANS ✔✔The ability of a test to produce the same measurements from one day to
the next is:
objectivity - ANS ✔✔The ability of a test to produce the same measurements regardless of who
administers it is:
50 times out of 100 you would be wrong if you concluded the means were different - ANS
✔✔When testing whether 2 means are significantly different, a p-value = 0.50 means:
