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Unit 6: Correlation, Regression and Analysis of Variance - Practice Quiz

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1 What does Pearson's correlation coefficient primarily measure?

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A. The linear relationship between two variables
B. The variation within a single variable
C. The difference between two population means
D. The ranks assigned to several treatments

2 What is the possible range of Pearson's correlation coefficient ?

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3 What does a Pearson correlation coefficient of indicate?

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A. A perfect positive linear relationship
B. A perfect negative linear relationship
C. No relationship between the variables
D. A weak positive linear relationship

4 Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is most suitable for data expressed as what?

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A. Ranks
B. Residuals
C. Variances
D. Frequencies

5 Which symbol is commonly used for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient?

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6 Which formula gives Spearman's rank correlation coefficient when there are no tied ranks?

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7 What is the main purpose of regression analysis?

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A. To predict one variable from another
B. To arrange observations into ranks
C. To compare only population variances
D. To calculate only the sample size

8 In regression analysis, what is the variable being predicted called?

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A. Control variable
B. Independent variable
C. Ranking variable
D. Dependent variable

9 In the simple regression equation , what does represent?

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A. The regression slope
B. The sample mean
C. The vertical intercept
D. The error variance

10 How many regression lines are generally associated with two variables and ?

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A. Three
B. Four
C. One
D. Two

11 Through which point do both regression lines pass?

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12 Which regression line is used to predict when is known?

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A. Regression line of on
B. Regression line of on
C. Regression line of on
D. Regression line of on

13 How many independent variables are used in multiple regression?

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A. Two or more
B. Only one pair
C. Exactly one
D. Exactly zero

14 What does a multiple correlation coefficient measure?

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A. Variation among ranks within one sample
B. Difference between two independent sample means
C. Association between one outcome and several predictors
D. Frequency of values in grouped data

15 Which equation represents a multiple linear regression model with two predictors?

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16 How many factors are studied in a one-way ANOVA?

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A. Four factors
B. Two factors
C. One factor
D. Three factors

17 What is the usual null hypothesis in a one-way ANOVA?

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A. All sample sizes are equal
B. All group means are equal
C. All group variances are zero
D. All observations are identical

18 Which statistic is used to test significance in ANOVA?

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A. -statistic
B. Range
C. -score
D. Median

19 How many factors are studied in a two-way ANOVA?

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A. Four factors
B. Two factors
C. Three factors
D. One factor

20 What can a two-way ANOVA examine in addition to the main effects of two factors?

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A. The median of each observation
B. The correlation of each factor
C. The interaction between the factors
D. The ranks of all responses

21 The covariance between and is , while their standard deviations are and , respectively. What is Pearson's correlation coefficient?

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22 The correlation between and is . If and , what is the correlation between and ?

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23 For five observations, and . What is Pearson's correlation coefficient?

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24 Two judges rank six participants. If the sum of squared rank differences is , what is Spearman's rank correlation coefficient?

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25 Two rankings of five items are identical except that one pair of adjacent items is interchanged. What is Spearman's rank correlation coefficient?

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26 Five students are ranked in exactly reverse order by two examiners. What is Spearman's rank correlation coefficient?

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27 In a simple linear regression, the correlation between the response and predictor is . What percentage of variation in the response is explained by the regression?

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28 A regression model predicts a student's score as , but the observed score is . What is the residual for this observation?

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29 The regression line of on is . What value of is predicted when ?

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30 The regression coefficients are and . If the correlation is positive, what is its value?

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31 The two regression lines are and . What are the means ?

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32 Given , , and , approximately what is the multiple correlation coefficient ?

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33 A fitted multiple regression equation is . What is the predicted value when and ?

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34 If , , and , what is the partial correlation , approximately?

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35 A one-way ANOVA compares four treatments using observations in total. What are the between-treatment and within-treatment degrees of freedom?

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36 In a one-way ANOVA, the between-group sum of squares is with degrees of freedom, and the error sum of squares is with degrees of freedom. What is the statistic?

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37 Three groups each contain four observations and have means , , and . If the grand mean is , what is the between-group sum of squares?

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38 A two-way ANOVA without replication has row levels and column levels. What are the degrees of freedom for rows, columns, and error?

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39 In a two-way ANOVA without replication, the row sum of squares is with degrees of freedom, and the error sum of squares is with degrees of freedom. What is the row statistic?

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40 In a two-way ANOVA with replication, the interaction between factors and is statistically significant. What does this indicate?

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A. The effect of is identical at every level of
B. Only factor has a statistically significant main effect
C. Only factor has a statistically significant main effect
D. The effect of depends on the level of

41 Two groups have the following summary statistics. Group 1: , , and within-group corrected sums . Group 2: , , and within-group corrected sums . What is the Pearson correlation after pooling all observations?

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42 A correlation matrix for variables has and . Which proposed value of can produce a valid positive semidefinite correlation matrix?

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43 Centered variables and satisfy , , and . If and , what is ?

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44 For six paired observations, the values are and the corresponding values are . Using average ranks for ties, what is Spearman's rank correlation?

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45 For , the sum of squared differences between midranks is . Variable has tie groups of sizes and , while variable has one tie group of size . What is Spearman's rank correlation, rounded to three decimals?

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46 The Spearman correlation between and is , with ties handled by average ranks. Variable is replaced by a strictly decreasing function of , while is replaced by a strictly increasing function of . What is the new Spearman correlation?

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47 The population model is . Instead of , a researcher observes , where is independent of and . If the reliability ratio is , what is the population slope from regressing on ?

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48 The true model is , with . If is omitted and , what is the population slope in the simple regression of on ?

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49 Variables and are standardized and have correlation . Let be the residual from regressing on , and let be the residual from regressing on . What is ?

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50 The unordered pair of equations and represents the two regression lines of and . Which pair gives and the correlation coefficient ?

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51 The regression lines are and . What is the ratio ?

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52 A dataset has , , , , and . Which pair gives the prediction of at and the prediction of at , respectively?

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53 Suppose , , and . What is the multiple correlation coefficient ?

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54 In a sample of observations, the partial correlation between and after controlling for and is . What is the statistic and its residual degrees of freedom for testing zero partial correlation?

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55 All variables are standardized, with , , and . Which values of result from regressing on and ?

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56 Three groups have sizes , sample means , and within-group sums of squares . What is the one-way ANOVA statistic?

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57 A one-way ANOVA has groups, , total sum of squares , and . What is its statistic?

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58 Four groups each contain observations and have means . The pooled error mean square is . For the contrast , what is the equivalent one-degree-of-freedom statistic?

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59 In a two-way ANOVA without replication, the data matrix is . What are the row and column statistics, respectively?

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60 A balanced factorial experiment has replicates per cell. The cell means are , and the within-cell error sum of squares is . Which pair gives the interaction sum of squares and interaction statistic ?

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