Week 10

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Psychology Test sobre Week 10, creado por Katie Morbey el 19/05/2019.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Assuming the data meet the assumptions of parametric tests, non-parametric tests, compared to their parametric counterparts ___________
Respuesta
  • Have less statistical power
  • All of the above
  • Are less likely to accept the alternative hypothesis
  • Are more conservative

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
A researcher measured leadership skills in police officers, doctors, and accountants. The data were skewed. What is the most appropriate test to analyse the data?
Respuesta
  • Mann-Whitney test
  • Kruskal-Wallis test
  • Friedman test
  • Wilcoxon test

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
The results of the test used to analyse the data described in Question 2 showed a significant result. How should the researcher carry out post-hoc tests?
Respuesta
  • Compare groups using the Mann Whitney test
  • Compare groups using the Wilcoxon test
  • Compare groups using a t-test
  • None of the above. Post-hoc analyses cannot be carried out with non-parametric data

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
An advantage of non-parametric statistics is that _________
Respuesta
  • You need a computer to calculate them
  • They are very powerful
  • They have many assumptions to meet
  • They are easy to calculate

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Which of the following tests is analogous to a standard within-subjects ANOVA?
Respuesta
  • Wilcoxon
  • Kruskal-Wallis
  • Friedman
  • Mann-Whitney

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Tied scores (when two or more scores have the same value) may present a problem in non-parametric tests. The way to deal with them in a Kruskal-Wallis test is to ____________
Respuesta
  • Assign any tied values the lower of the ranks they would have received had they not been tied
  • Use a random number table to assign ranks to the tied values
  • Throw out the tied data
  • Assign any tied values the average of the ranks they would have received had they not been tied

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
A dataset contains the following values: 23, 28, 37, 23, 45, 49, 37, 62. Rank the values. Which rank is associated with value 37?
Respuesta
  • 4.5
  • 6
  • 3.5
  • 4

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Researchers wanted to examine whether the ‘see-food’ diet was effective. A group of volunteers were placed on the diet and their weight (in kilograms) was measured at the beginning of the diet, after 1 month, after 2 months, then at the end of the diet after 3 months. The data were not normally distributed. Which test would be appropriate to analyse this data?
Respuesta
  • Mann-Whitney
  • Wilcoxon
  • Friedman
  • Kruskal-Wallis

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
n a Kruskal-Wallis test, the _________ the value of H, the more likely you are to reject the null hypothesis
Respuesta
  • More negative
  • Smaller
  • H is not relevant for the Kruskal-Wallis test
  • Larger
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