If one takes a sample of pairs of points over a narrow

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If one takes a sample of pairs of points over a narrow range of X or Y scores, what effect might this have on the value of r?

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What is the slope for the points X1 = 30, Y1 = 50 and X2 = 25 and Y2 = 40?

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A z distribution always is normally shaped.

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In a linear relationship all the points must fall on a straight line.

 

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It is possible to compute a coefficient of correlation if one is given _________.

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A researcher wanted to know if the order in which runners finish a race is correlated with their weight. She conducts an experiment and the data are given below.

Finishing order

1

2

3

4

5

6

Weight (lbs)

110

114

112

108

116

113

What is the appropriate correlation coefficient for these data?

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A raw score that is 1 standard deviation above the mean of the raw score distribution will have a z score of 1.

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The standard deviation of the z distribution equals _________.

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A z score is a transformed score.

 

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By changing the value of one score in a sample this will necessarily cause the mode to change.

 

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If one calculates r for a set of numbers and then adds a constant to each value of one of the variables, the correlation will change.

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A correlation coefficient expresses quantitatively the degree of relationship between two variables.

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The standard deviation of the z distribution equals _________.

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The mean of the z distribution equals _________.

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The closer the points on a scatter diagram fall to the regression line, the _________ between the scores.

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The range of a correlation coefficient is 0 to +1.

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The use of z scores allows comparisons between variables measured on different scales and units.

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In a bell-shaped distribution, _________.

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A testing bureau reports that the mean for the population of Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores is 500 with a standard deviation of 90. The scores are normally distributed.

The percentile rank of a score of 667 is _________.

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In a negatively skewed distribution, the mean will generally be _______ the median.

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All standard scores are z scores.

 

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A distribution has a mean of 60.0 and a standard deviation of 4.3. The raw score corresponding to a z score of -1.51 is _________.

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A distribution has a mean of 60.0 and a standard deviation of 4.3. The raw score corresponding to a z score of 0.00 is _________.

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A correlation coefficient expresses the direction but not the magnitude of a relationship.

 

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The normal curve is a symmetric, bell-shaped curve.

 

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When calculating the population standard deviation, we use N – 1 in the denominator.

 

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The correlation coefficient when N = 2 is meaningless.

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If a group of 100 people has an average IQ of 107 and a group of 50 people has an average IQ of 101, the average IQ of all the people is 105.

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A stockbroker has kept a daily record of the value of a particular stock over the years and finds that prices of the stock form a normal distribution with a mean of $8.52 with a standard deviation of $2.38.

The percentage of scores that lie between $9.00 and $10.00 is _________.

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In a plot of the normal curve, frequency is plotted on the X axis.

 

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It is possible to have a set of scores with three different values for central tendency.

 

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A deviation score is the same thing as a raw score.

 

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A testing bureau reports that the mean for the population of Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores is 500 with a standard deviation of 90. The scores are normally distributed.

The proportion of scores that lie above 650 is _________.

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Causation implies correlation.

 

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Which of the following is (are) not correlation coefficients?

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We use N – 1 in the denominator of the equation for calculating the sample standard deviation because it provides us with an accurate estimate of the population standard deviation.

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Which of the following statements is true?

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The mean is the most sensitive measure of central tendency to extreme scores.

 

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Which Pearson correlation coefficient shows the strongest relationship between two variables?

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An industrial psychologist observed 8 drill-press operators for one working day. She recorded the number of times each operator pressed the “faster” button instead of the “stop” button to determine whether the design of the control panel was contributing to the high rate of accidents in the plant. The resulting scores were as follows:

5, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 4, 12

The standard deviation for this distribution is _________. Assume sample data.

Question 41

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Central tendency and variability are synonymous.

 

Question 42

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The correlation coefficient r is a descriptive statistic.

 

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If the value of r on ratio scaled raw data were 0.87 and the pairs of numbers were converted to ordinal data, and r calculated for the ordinal data, r would equal 0.87.

 

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An industrial psychologist observed 8 drill-press operators for one working day. She recorded the number of times each operator pressed the “faster” button instead of the “stop” button to determine whether the design of the control panel was contributing to the high rate of accidents in the plant. The resulting scores were as follows:

5, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 4, 12

The variance for this distribution is _________. Assume sample data.

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Assume one has a set of 35 scores with = 100 and s = 9. If 5 scores, each equal to 100 were added to the distribution, what effect would this have on ?

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A testing service has 1000 raw scores. It wants to transform the distribution so that the mean = 10 and the standard deviation = 1. To do so, _________.

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Given the following set of scores

X: 10, 12, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 13, 5, 0, 1

What is the median?

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r decreases as N decreases.

 

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The standard deviation of the z distribution is always equal to 1.0.

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If a correlation is perfect,