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Multiple nhChoice
1. A nhvariable nhthat nhis nhstatistically nhcontrolled nhin nhan nhanalysis nhis nha(n) .
a. an nhindependent nhvariable
b. a nhdependent nhvariable
c. a nhcovariate
d. a nhmanipulated
nhvariablenA
h ns: nhC
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.1: nhRequired
nhBackgroundn D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
2. In nhpast nhyears, nhmany nhinvestigators nhhave nhfailed nhto nhreport .
a. the nheffect nhsize
b. the nhsample nhsizes
c. descriptive nhstatistics
d. obtained nhp
nhvaluesn A
h ns: nhA
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.2: nhWhat nhis nhthe nh“New
nhStatistics”?n D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
3. A nhprimary nhconcern nhof nhinvestigators nhhas nhbeen, nhand nhoften nhstill nhis, nhobtaining nha nhp
nhvalue nhof
nh
.nh
a. nh.10
b. nh.05
c. nh.01
d. nh.000
Ans: nhB
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.2: nhWhat nhIs nhthe nh“New
nhStatistics”?n
D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
4. A nhmajor nhchange nhadvocated nhby nhNew nhStatistics nhis .
a. reduced nhemphasis nhon nheffect nhsize
b. focus nhon nhthe nhresults nhof nhsingle nhstudies
c. not nhreporting nhconfidence nhintervals
d. understanding nhthe nhlimitations nhof nhsignificance
nhtestsn
A
h ns: nhD
,Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.2: nhWhat nhis nhthe nh“New
nhStatistics”?n
D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
5. A nhprimary nhchange nhproposed nhby nhadvocates nhof nhNew nhStatistics nhinvolves
nhsummarizingn e
h ffect nhsizes nhfrom nha nhnumber nhof nhstudies nhusing .
a. Bayesian nhstatistics
b. meta-analysis
c. multivariate nhanalysis
d. descriptive
nhstatisticsn
A
h ns: nhB
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.2: nhWhat nhIs nhthe nh“New
nhStatistics”?nD
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
6. An nhemphasis nhof nhNew nhStatistics nhis .
a. using nhincreasingly nhprecise nhp nhvalues
b. developing nhnew nhmethods nhof nhstatistical nhanalysis
c. reducing nhemphasis nhon nhconfidence nhinterval nhinterpretation
d. adopting nha nhmore nhcritical nhperspective nhwhen nhconsidering
nhsignificancen A
h ns: nhD
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.2: nhWhat nhIs nhthe nh“New
nhStatistics”?n
D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
7. Which nhof nhthe nhfollowing nhtypes nhof nhinformation nhis nhprovided nhto nhinvestigators nhby
nhNHST?
a. whether nhthe nhhypothesis nhof nhthe nhstudy nhhas nhbeen nhproven
b. the nhprobability nhthat nhthe nhresearch nhhypothesis nhis nhtrue
c. the nhprobability nhof nhobtaining nhresults nhabout nhthe nhH0 n h based nhon nhone nhsample
d. the nhexact nhprobability nhof nhobtaining nhthe nhsame nhresults nhon
nhreplicationn A
h ns: nhC
Cognitive nhDomain: nhAnalysis
Answer nhLocation: nh1.3: nhCommon nhMisinterpretations nhof nhp
nhValuesn D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhHard
8. When nhreading nhan nharticle nhthat nhreports nhthe nhresults nhof nhmultiple nhstatistical nhtests,
nhreadersn sh hould nhremember nhthat nhmultiple nhtests .
a. provide nhinaccurate nhinformation nhabout nhthe nhrisks nhof nhType nhI nherrors
b. provide nhinaccurate nhinformation nhabout nhthe nhrisks nhof nhType nhII nherrors
c. enhance nhunderstanding nhof nhcause nhand nheffect nhrelationships
d. provide nhreliable nhinformation nhabout nhthe nhsize nhand nhimportance nhof
nheffectsn
A
h ns: nhA
Cognitive nhDomain: nhApplication
Answer nhLocation: nh1.3: nhCommon nhMisinterpretations nhof nhp
nhValuesnD
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhMedium
, 9. An nhadvocate nhof nhNew nhStatistics nhwould nhobject nhto nha nhresearch nhreport nhthat
nhincluded nhash tatement nhlike nhthe
n .
a. results nhof nhour nhstudy nhare nhconsistent nhwith nha nhrecent nhmeta-analysis
b. significant nhresults nhshould nhbe nhinterpreted nhcautiously nhdue nhto nhthe nhlarge nhsample nhsize
c. results nhof nhour nhstudy nhapproached nhstatistical nhsignificance
d. results nhof nhour nhstudy nhprovide nhsupport nhfor nhour nhinitial
nhhypothesisn A
h ns: nhC
Cognitive nhDomain: nhApplication
Answer nhLocation: nh1.3: nhCommon nhMisinterpretations nhof nhp
nhValuesnD
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhMedium
10. If nha nhstatistical nhanalysis nhyields nhp nh= nh.03, nha nhresearch nhreport nhcan nhinclude nha
nhstatement nhlike
nh .
a. the nhresults nhof nhour nhstudy nhare nhlikely nhto nhbe nhreplicated
b. the nhevidence nhis nhconsistent nhwith nhthe nhhypothesis nhof nhour nhstudy
c. there nhis nha nh97% nhchance nhthat nhthe nhnull nhhypothesis nhof nhour nhstudy nhis nhfalse
d. the nhresults nhof nhour nhstudy nhcannot nhbe nhexplained nhby
nhchancen A
h ns: nhB
Cognitive nhDomain: nhApplication
Answer nhLocation: nh1.3: nhCommon nhMisinterpretations nhof nhp
nhValuesn D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhMedium
11. An nhadvocate nhof nhNew nhStatistics nhwould nhsupport nha nhp nhvalue nhreported nhas
.na
h . nhp nh= nh.0000
b. nhp nh< nh.01
c. nhp nh< nh.05
d. nhp nh= nh.025
Ans: nhD
Cognitive nhDomain: nhKnowledge
Answer nhLocation: nh1.4: nhProblems nhwith nhNHST
nhLogicn D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhEasy
12. A nhproblem nhwith nhNHST nhlogic nhis nhthat nhit .
a. eliminates nhthe nhneed nhto nhthink nhin nhterms nhof nhdouble nhnegatives
b. encourages nhinvestigators nhto nhdescribe nhstudy nhresults nhin nhterms nhof nhuncertainty
c. cannot nhtell nhinvestigators nhwhat nhthey nhwant nhto nhknow
d. is nhused nhconsistently nhand nhcorrectly nhin nhthe nhmajority nhof
nhstudiesn A
h ns: nhC
Cognitive nhDomain: nhComprehension
Answer nhLocation: nh1.4: nhProblems nhwith nhNHST
nhLogicn D
h ifficulty nhLevel: nhMedium
13. An nhimportant nhassumption nhunderlying nhthe nhuse nhof nhan nhindependent nhsamples nht
nhtest nhoro
h ne-way nhANOVA nhis nhthat
n .
a. the nhgrouping nhvariables nhare nhnormally nhdistributed nhin nhthe nhpopulation