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TEST BANK
Applied Statistics I Basic Bivariate Techniques
3rd Edition by Rebecca M. Warner

,TABLE OF CONTENT
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• 1.aEvaluatingaNumericalaInformation

• 2.aBasicaResearchaConcepts

• 3.aFrequencyaDistributionaTables

• 4.aDescriptiveaStatistics

• 5.aGraphs:aBaraCharts,aHistograms,aandaBoxplots

• 6.aTheaNormalaDistributionaandazaScores

• 7.aSamplingaErroraandaConfidenceaIntervals

• 8.aTheaOne-SampleataTest

• 9.aIssuesainaSignificanceaTests

• 10.aBivariateaPearsonaCorrelation

• 11.aBivariateaRegression

• 12.aTheaIndependent-SamplesataTest

• 13.aOne-WayaBetween-SubjectsaAnalysisaofaVariance

• 14.aPairedaSamplesataTest

• 15.aOne-WayaRepeated-MeasuresaAnalysisaofaVariance

• 16.aFactorialaAnalysisaofaVariance

• 17.aChi-SquareaAnalysisaofaContingencyaTables

• 18.aSelectionaofaBivariateaAnalysesaandaReviewaofaKeyaConcepts

,Chapter 1: Evaluating Numerical Information
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a. guaranteeasignificantaresults
b. provideanamesaofaparticipants
c. identifyapossibleaconflictsaofainterest
d. subscribeatoatheajournalaA
ns:aC
CognitiveaDomain:aKnowledge
AnsweraLocation:a1.3.1aSelf-
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2. Communicatoraself-interestacanaproduceaconcernsaabouta .
a. costaofatheaproduct
b. credibilityaofatheamessage
c. futurearesearch
d. methodologya
Ans:aB
CognitiveaDomain:aKnowledge
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3. Confirmationabiasaisainformallyaknownaasa .
a. cherryapicking
b. naturalaselection
c. favoritism
d. preferentialatreatmenta
Ans:aA
CognitiveaDomain:aKnowledge
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ltyaLevel:aEasy

4. Researchawrittenabyatheapersonawithafirst-
handaknowledgeaofatheaeventsaofatheastudyaisaknownaasa .
a. aaliteratureareview
b. questionable
c. aasecondaryasource
d. aaprimaryasourceaA
ns:aD

, CognitiveaDomain:aKnowledge
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evel:aEasy

5. Muchaofatheacontentaonawebsitesaforanewsaentitiesaisaconsidereda .
a. primaryasourceacontent
b. secondaryasourceacontent
c. thirdapartyacontent
d. unreliablea
Ans:aC
CognitiveaDomain:aComprehension
AnsweraLocation:a1.3.3aPrimary,aSecondary,aandaThird-
PartyaSourcesaDifficultyaLevel:aMedium

6. Newsareportsaandawebsitesa .
a. alwaysaidentifyaselfainterest
b. consistentlyaidentifyatheiracredentials
c. faithfullyaconfessatoabias
d. mayanotaincludeasourceainformationaAn
s:aD
CognitiveaDomain:aComprehension
AnsweraLocation:a1.3.4aCommunicatoraCredentialsaandaSkillsaDiffic
ultyaLevel:aMedium

7. Fraudainascienceaisa .
a. rareabutahasaoccurred
b. acceptableainacertainacircumstances
c. neverareported
d. rarelyapunisheda
Ans:aA
CognitiveaDomain:aComprehension
AnsweraLocation:a1.3.5aTrackaRecordaforaTruth-
TellingaDifficultyaLevel:aMedium

8. Althoughaanecdotalaevidenceamayabeaaccurate,aitaisadifficultatoa .
a. replicateainafutureastudies
b. analyze
c. generalizeatoaaalargerapopulation
d. gainapermissionatoapublishaA
ns:aC
CognitiveaDomain:aComprehension
AnsweraLocation:a1.4.1aAnecdotalaVersusaNumericalaInformationaDifficultyaLeve
l:aMedium

9. Theapurposeaofacitationainascienceaisatoa .
a. determineavalidity