MCQ Bank
One-way between-groups ANOVA is used when there is _____________ with three or more levels (groups).
- A) One independent variable
- B) One discrete variable
- C) Neither independent nor discrete variable
- D) Two discrete variables
The results of a study are statistically significant and can depend upon the:
- A) World population
- B) Population size
- C) Whole population
- D) Sample size
Suppose you want to test differences in income between rural and urban respondents. Which is the dependent variable?
- A) Group codes
- B) Rural/Urban status
- C) Gender
- D) Income
Higher variability can __________the chances of finding a significant treatment effect in a hypothesis test.
- A) Deviate
- B) Not change
- C) Increase
- D) Decrease
What does independent observation mean?
- A) All participants behave the same
- B) Observations affect each other
- C) Events are correlated
- D) The occurrence of one event does not influence another
Which formula is used to compute a z-score in hypothesis testing?
- A) z = (M – μ)/σM
- B) p = α – β
- C) t = (M – μ)/SM
- D) df = n – 1
Which of the following program offers the ability to calculate power for a wide variety of statistical tests including t-tests, F-tests, and others?
- A) G*Power
- B) F*Power
- C) N*Power
- D) L*power
In ANOVA, the dependent variable should be:
- A) On categorical scale
- B) On nominal Scale
- C) On ordinal Scale
- D) Measured on interval or ratio scale
The numerator of the independent-samples t formula represents:
- A) Degrees of freedom
- B) Mean difference
- C) Pooled variance
- D) Standard error
The null hypothesis for an independent t-test states:
- A) 𝜇₁ = 1
- B) 𝜇₂ = 2
- C) 𝜇₁ – 𝜇₂ ≠ 0
- D) 𝜇₁ – 𝜇₂ = 0
Which assumption in ANOVA can be checked using Levene’s test?
- A) Homogeneity of variance
- B) Independence of observations
- C) Normal distribution
- D) Equality of means
While running ANOVA in SPSS, if the value of Levene’s test is greater than 0.5 then the test will be:
- A) Non-significant
- B) Significant
- C) Random
- D) Non-random
Within-treatments degrees of freedom in two-way ANOVA is:
- A) kA – 1
- B) (kA – 1)(kB – 1)
- C) N – 1
- D) N – K
When a researcher fails to reject a null hypothesis that is known as:
- A) Sampling error
- B) Type I Error
- C) Not an error
- D) Type II Error
In the One-Way ANOVA window, the dependent variable is moved into:
- A) Values box
- B) Dependent List box
- C) Grouping box
- D) Factor box
To do power analysis, which of the following is needed first?
- A) Sample mean
- B) A hypothesis
- C) Confidence interval
- D) Standard deviation
For the independent sample t-test, the parametric techniques assume that the scores are obtained using a ___________from the population.
- A) Measured variable
- B) Non-random sample
- C) Discrete variable
- D) Random sample
Which of the following error occurs when a researcher rejects a null hypothesis that is actually true?
- A) Not an error
- B) Type I Error
- C) Type II Error
- D) Sampling error
When the researcher compares the same sample before and after introducing treatment then he/she is using:
- A) Independent measures research design
- B) Repeated-measures research design
- C) Non-repeated-measures research design
- D) Repeated-measures assumptions
Which is an assumption of independent-sample t-test?
- A) Dependent observations
- B) Independent observations
- C) Skewed populations
- D) Different variances