Statistics problems

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1.
A researcher believed that there was a difference in the amount of time boys and girls at 7th grade studied by using a two-tailed t test. Which of the following is the null hypothesis?

a. Mean of hours that boys studied per day was equal to mean of hours that girls studied per day

b. Mean of hours that boys studied per day was greater than mean of hours that girls studied per day

c. Mean of hours that boys studied per day was smaller than mean of hours that girls studied per day

d. Mean of hours that boys studied per day was smaller than or equal to mean of hours that girls studied per day

2.
A professor assumed there was a correlation between the amount of hours people were expose to sunlight and their blood vitamin D level. The null hypothesis was that the population correlation was__

a. Positive 1.0

b. Negative 1.0

c. Zero

d. Positive 0.50

3.
Conventionally, the null hypothesis is false if the probability value is:

a. Greater than 0.05

b. Less than 0.05

c. Greater than 0.95

d. Less than 0.95

4.
A teacher hypothesized that in her class, grades of girls on a chemistry test were the same as grades of boys. If the probability value of her null hypothesis was 0.56, it suggested:

a. We failed to reject the null hypothesis

b. Boys’ grades were higher than girls’ grades

c. Girls’ grades were higher than boys’ grades

d. The null hypothesis was rejected

5.
Which of the following could reduce the rate of Type I error?

a. Making the significant level from 0.01 to 0.05

b. Making the significant level from 0.05 to 0.01

c. Increase the β level

d. Increase the power

6.
___is the probability of a Type II error; and ___ is the probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis.

a. 1-β; β

b. β; 1-β

c. α; β

d. β; α

7.
A student hypothesized that girls in his class had the same blood pressure levels as boys. The probability value for his null hypothesis was 0.15. So he concluded that the blood pressures of the girls were higher than boys’. Which kind of mistake did he make?

a. Type I error

b. Type II error

c. Type I and Type II error

d. He did not make any mistake

8.
When you conduct a hypothesis testing, at which of the following P-value, you feel more confident to reject the null hypothesis?

a. 0.05

b. 0.01

c. 0.95

d. 0.03

9.
A student posed a null hypothesis that during the month of September, the mean daily temperature of Boston was the same as the mean daily temperature of New York. His alternative hypothesis was that mean temperatures in these two cities were different. He found the P value of his null hypothesis was 0.56. Thus, he could conclude:

a. In September, Boston was colder than New York

b. In September, Boston was warmer than New York

c. He may reject the null hypothesis

d. He failed to reject the null hypothesis

10.
If the P-value of a hypothesis test is 0.40, you conclude

a. You accept the null hypothesis

b. You reject the null hypothesis

c. You failed to reject the null hypothesis

d. You think there is a significant difference

11.
A teacher assumed that the average of grades for a math test was 80. Imagine 20 students took the test and the 95% confidence interval of grades was (83, 90). Can you reject the teacher’s assumption?

a. Yes

b. No

c. We cannot tell from the given information

12.
Which of the following descriptions of confidence interval is correct? (Select all that apply)

a. If a 99% confidence interval contains 0, then the 95% confidence interval contains 0

b. If a 95% confidence interval contains 0, then the 99% confidence interval contains 0

c. If a 99% confidence interval contains 1, then the 95% confidence interval contains 1

d. If a 95% confidence interval contains 1, then the 99% confidence interval contains 1

13.
If a statistical test result is not significant at the 0.05 level, then we can conclude:

a. It is not significant at 0.01 level

b. It is not significant at 0.10 level

c. It must be significant at 0.01 level

d. It must be significant above 0.05 level

14.
Power is equal to:

a. α

b. β

c. 1-α

d. 1-β

15.
Which of the following descriptions of null hypothesis are correct? (Select all that apply)

a. A null hypothesis is a hypothesis tested in significance testing.

b. The parameter of a null hypothesis is commonly 0.

c. The aim of all research is to prove the null hypothesis is true

d. Researchers can reject the null hypothesis if the P-value is above 0.05

16.
Imagine that a researcher wanted to know the average weight of 5th grade boys in a high school. He randomly sampled 5 boys from that high school. Their weights were: 120 lbs., 99 lbs, 101 lbs, 87 lbs, 140 lbs. What’s the sample standard deviation?

17.
Imagine that a researcher wanted to know the average weight of 5th grade boys in a high school. He randomly sampled 5 boys from that high school. Their weights were: 120 lbs., 99 lbs, 101 lbs, 87 lbs, 140 lbs. What’s the standard error of the mean?

18.
Imagine that a researcher wanted to know the average weight of 5th grade boys in a high school. He randomly sampled 5 boys from that high school. Their weights were: 120 lbs., 99 lbs, 101 lbs, 87 lbs, 140 lbs. The researcher posed a null hypothesis that the average weight for boys in that high school should be 100 lbs. What is the absolute value of calculated t that we use for testing the null hypothesis?

19.
Imagine a researcher posed a null hypothesis that in a certain community, the average energy expenditure should be 2,100 calories per day. He randomly sampled 100 people in that community. After he computed the t value by calculating a two-tailed t-statistic, he found that the probability value was 0.10. Thus, he concluded:

a. The average energy expenditure was bigger than 2,100 calories per day

b. The average energy expenditure was smaller than 2,100 calories per day

c. He could not reject the null hypothesis that the average energy expenditure was 2,100 calories per day

d. The average energy expenditure was either more than 2,100 calories per day or less than 2,100 calories per day

20.
Compared to the normal distribution, the t distribution has ___ values at the top and ___ at the tails.

a. More; less

b. More; more

c. Less; less

d. Less; more

21.
In order to test if there is a difference between means from two populations, which of following assumptions are NOT required?

a. The dependent variable scores must be a continuous quantitative variable.

b. The scores in the populations are normally distributed.

c. Each value is sampled independently from each other value.

d. The two populations have similar means

22.
A researcher posed a null hypothesis that there was no significant difference between boys and girls on a standard memory test. He randomly sampled 100 girls and 120 boys in a community and gave them the standard memory test. The mean score for girls was 70 and the standard deviation of mean was 5.0. The mean score for boys was 65 and the standard deviation of mean was 6.0. What’s the absolute value of the difference between means?

23.
A researcher posed a null hypothesis that there was no significant difference between boys and girls on a standard memory test. He randomly sampled 100 girls and 100 boys in a community and gave them the standard memory test. The mean score for girls was 70 and the standard deviation of mean was 5.0. The mean score for boys was 65 and the standard deviation of mean was 5.0. What is the standard error of the difference in means?

24.
A researcher posed a null hypothesis that there was no significant difference between boys and girls on a standard memory test. He randomly sampled 100 girls and 100 boys in a community and gave them the standard memory test. The mean score for girls was 70 and the standard deviation of mean was 5.0. The mean score for boys was 65 and the standard deviation of mean was 5.0. What’s the t-value (two-tailed) for the null hypothesis that boys and girls have the same test scores?

25.
Which of the following involves making pairwise comparisons?

a. Comparing the standard deviation of GRE grades between two states

b. Comparing the variance of the amount of soda consumed by boys and girls in a high school

c. Comparing the mean weight between children in grades 2, 3, 4 and 5

d. Comparing the number of restaurants in New York and Boston

26.
A professor wanted to test all possible pairwise comparisons among six means. How many comparisons did he need to compare?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 10

d. 15

27.
A professor wants to test all possible pairwise comparisons among three means. If we need to maintain an experiment –wise alpha of 0.05, what is the error rate per comparison after applying Bonferroni correction?

28.
Which of the followings can increase the value of t? (select all the apply)

a. Increase the standard deviation of difference scores

b. Decrease the standard deviation of difference scores

c. Increase the difference between means

d. Decrease the difference between means

29.
Imagine a researcher wanted to test the effect of the new drug on reducing blood pressure. In this study, there were 50 participants. The researcher measured the participants’ blood pressure before and after the drug intake. If we want to compare the mean blood pressure from the two time periods with a two-tailed t test, how many degrees of freedom are there?

a. 49

b. 50

c. 99

d. 100

30.
Which of the followings is the definition of power?

a. Power is the probability of rejecting a null hypothesis

b. Power is the probability of accepting a null hypothesis

c. Power is the probability of accepting a false null hypothesis

d. Power is the probability of rejecting a false null hypothesis

31.

The probability of failing to reject a false null hypothesis is ____

a. α

b. 1-α

c. 1-β

d. β

32.
If power is big, you can assume:

a. The difference between the means is more likely to be detected

b. The significance level set by the researcher must be high

c. We increase the probability of type I error

d. Your study result will be more likely to be inconclusive

33.
If the probability that you will correctly reject a false null hypothesis is 0.80 at 0.05 significance level. Therefore, α is__ and β is__.

a. 0.05, 0.20

b. 0.05, 0.80

c. 0.95, 0.20

d. 0.95, 0.80

34.
As the sample size increases, we assume:

a. α increases

b. β increases

c. The probability of rejecting a hypothesis increases

d. Power increases

35.
Which of the following can increase power?

a. Increasing standard deviation

b. Decreasing standard deviation

c. Increasing both means but keeping the difference between the means constant

d. Increasing both means but making the difference between the means smaller