Test Bank for Applied Statistics I: Basic Bivariate Techniques, 3rd Edition by Rebecca M. Warner

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Applied Statistics I Basic Bivariate Techniques
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3rd Edition by Rebecca M. Warner
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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 1.nEvaluatingnNumericalnInformation

 2.nBasicnResearchnConcepts

 3.nFrequencynDistributionnTables

 4.nDescriptivenStatistics

 5.nGraphs:nBarnCharts,nHistograms,nandnBoxplots

 6.nThenNormalnDistributionnandnznScores

 7.nSamplingnErrornandnConfidencenIntervals

 8.nThenOne-SamplentnTest

 9.nIssuesninnSignificancenTests

 10.nBivariatenPearsonnCorrelation

 11.nBivariatenRegression

 12.nThenIndependent-SamplesntnTest

 13.nOne-WaynBetween-SubjectsnAnalysisnofnVariance

 14.nPairednSamplesntnTest

 15.nOne-WaynRepeated-MeasuresnAnalysisnofnVariance

 16.nFactorialnAnalysisnofnVariance

 17.nChi-SquarenAnalysisnofnContingencynTables

 18.nSelectionnofnBivariatenAnalysesnandnReviewnofnKeynConcepts




Chapter 1: Evaluating Numerical Information
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,MultiplenChoice

1. Sciencenjournalsnoftennrequirenresearchersnton .
a. guaranteensignificantnresults
b. providennamesnofnparticipants
c. identifynpossiblenconflictsnofninterest
d. subscribentonthenjournaln
Ans:nC
CognitivenDomain:nKnowledge
AnswernLocation:n1.3.1nSelf-
InterestnornBiasnDifficultynLevel:nMedium

2. Communicatornself-interestncannproducenconcernsnaboutn .
a. costnofnthenproduct
b. credibilitynofnthenmessage
c. futurenresearch
d. methodology
nAns:nB

CognitivenDomain:nKnowledge
AnswernLocation:n1.3.1nSelf-
InterestnornBiasnDifficultynLevel:nMedium

3. Confirmationnbiasnisninformallynknownnasn .
a. cherrynpicking
b. naturalnselection
c. favoritism
d. preferentialntreatment
nAns:nA

CognitivenDomain:nKnowledge
AnswernLocation:n1.3.2nBiasnandn“CherrynPicking”nDi
fficultynLevel:nEasy

4. Researchnwrittennbynthenpersonnwithnfirst-
handnknowledgenofntheneventsnofnthenstudynisnknownnasn .
a. anliteraturenreview
b. questionable
c. ansecondarynsource
d. anprimarynsourcen
Ans:nD

, CognitivenDomain:nKnowledge
AnswernLocation:n1.3.3nPrimary,nSecondary,nandnThirdnPartynSourcesnDiff
icultynLevel:nEasy

5. Muchnofnthencontentnonnwebsitesnfornnewsnentitiesnisnconsideredn .
a. primarynsourcencontent
b. secondarynsourcencontent
c. thirdnpartyncontent
d. unreliable
nAns:nC

CognitivenDomain:nComprehension
AnswernLocation:n1.3.3nPrimary,nSecondary,nandnThird-
PartynSourcesnDifficultynLevel:nMedium

6. Newsnreportsnandnwebsitesn .
a. alwaysnidentifynselfninterest
b. consistentlynidentifyntheirncredentials
c. faithfullynconfessntonbias
d. maynnotnincludensourceninformationn
Ans:nD
CognitivenDomain:nComprehension
AnswernLocation:n1.3.4nCommunicatornCredentialsnandnSkillsn
DifficultynLevel:nMedium

7. Fraudninnsciencenisn .
a. rarenbutnhasnoccurred
b. acceptableninncertainncircumstances
c. nevernreported
d. rarelynpunished
nAns:nA

CognitivenDomain:nComprehension
AnswernLocation:n1.3.5nTracknRecordnfornTruth-
TellingnDifficultynLevel:nMedium

8. Althoughnanecdotalnevidencenmaynbenaccurate,nitnisndifficultnton .
a. replicateninnfuturenstudies
b. analyze
c. generalizentonanlargernpopulation
d. gainnpermissionntonpublishn
Ans:nC
CognitivenDomain:nComprehension
AnswernLocation:n1.4.1nAnecdotalnVersusnNumericalnInformationnDifficult
ynLevel:nMedium

9. Thenpurposenofncitationninnsciencenisnton .
a. determinenvalidity