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The document discusses various statistical concepts, including hypothesis testing, types of t-tests, and errors in statistical analysis. It provides answers to specific questions regarding statistical significance, normality tests, and the interpretation of p-values. The content is structured as a series of questions and answers related to statistical methods and their applications.
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1. A statistical hypothesis is 10. After finding evidence 15.

Does the mean height


an assumption or a for rejection at a 0.01 level of female college students
statement concerning a of significance, what should significantly differ from the
characteristic of a you conclude? mean height of male
population. college students?
Answer: B. Reject the null
Answer: A. True hypothesis Answer: B. Independent
samples t-test
2. Statistical tests that 11. What type of t-test
require normality of data is should you use when 16. If you measure the
called: measuring the same weight of male college
subjects under two different students before and after
Answer: A. Parametric Tests
conditions? each subject takes a
3. How do we know if the weight-loss pill, is the mean
Answer: A. Paired samples
data is normally weight loss significant
t-test
distributed? enough to conclude that the
12. If you want to compare pill works?
Answer: B. Normality test is
the scores of volleyball
used Answer: A. Paired samples
players before and after
t-test
4. If there is evidence for training, what type of test
normality, the data follows would you use? 17. If you run a paired t-test
a normal distribution if the for 15 sets of first grade
Answer: A. Paired samples
probabilities < 0.05. twins reading aloud and the
t-test
twin who read using a
Answer: B. False
13. A medical assistant computer program read
5. Reject Ho but Ho is sampled the blood faster than the other twin,
actually true. pressures of 20 randomly and you get a p-value of
selected patients with high 0.02, what does this mean
Answer: A. Type I error
blood pressure before and at a significance level of
6. Accept Ho but Ho is after receiving an initial 0.05?
actually false. dose of a new medicine.
Answer: A. Reject the null
Which hypothesis test
Answer: B. Type II error hypothesis. There is
should be run?
evidence at the 0.05 level
7. The null and alternative
Answer: A. Paired samples that the computer program
hypotheses are written
t-test tutor is more effective.
about the parameters of a:
14. A researcher selected
Answer: C. Population
two groups of people on an
8. Any test that follows active drug and gave a
Kolmogorov-Smirnov different group of people an
normality test will have a inactive drug, then
significance level of 0.05. compared the blood
pressures between the
Answer: A. True
groups. Which test should
9. The conclusion needs to be run to determine the
be changed: efficacy of the active drug?
Answer: B. Reject the null Answer: C. Two-sample t-
hypothesis test
18. A study compared glove 25. What is the Ha of the 36. What is the total
types to determine if a statistical test? degrees of freedom?
special brand of wool glove
Answer: C. μA ≠ μB Answer: D. 28
is longer-lasting than a
cotton glove when used for 26. The test is: 37. What is the value of
the same work. You MSTr?
Answer: B. Two-sided
selected 24 women to test
Answer: D. 96.1
the gloves, and each 27. At a 5% level of
woman used one wool glove significance, what is the 38. What is the value of Fc?
and one cotton glove. You decision if p-value =
Answer: C. 5.23753
obtain p = 0.043. At the 0.00348?
0.05 level of significance, 39. At 5% level of
Answer: A. Reject Ho
what do you conclude? significance, what would be
28. What is the conclusion the decision if the F
Answer: B. Reject the null
of the hypothesis testing? tabulated value is 3.357?
hypothesis. There is
evidence that the wool Answer: A. There is a Answer: A. Reject Ho
glove lasts longer than the significant difference
40. What would be the
cotton glove. between the two types of
conclusion?
baby food
19. What hypothesis test
Answer: A. At 5% level of
should be run? 29. What is the hypothesis?
significance, there is
Answer: B. Independent Answer: B. At least two of insufficient evidence that
samples t-test the exam scores are not the exam scores of three
equal groups are equal
20. How would you state
the Ha? 30. What is the Σ C(17)?

Answer: D. μA ≠ μB Answer: A. 834

21. The test is: 31. What is the Σ C27?

Answer: B. Two-sided Answer: B. 893

22. How many degrees of 32. What is the Σ C3?


freedom would be used in
Answer: C. 847
the test?
33. Given the table above,
Answer: A. 15
what is the value of SSE?
23. Given a p-value of
Answer: C. 1100.6
0.076, what will be the
decision? 34. What is the degrees of
freedom for error?
Answer: B. Accept Ho
Answer: D. 28
24. What is the conclusion
of the hypothesis testing? 35. What is the degrees of
freedom for treatment?
Answer: B. The medicines A
and B do not differ Answer: B. 2
significantly.

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