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Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 9e David Howell (Test Bank All Chapters)
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Multiple Choice
- To understand an example, you need to understand the logic behind the experiment that serves as the example.
- paw-lick latencies decrease over time with repeated injections of morphine.
- paw-lick latencies increase over time with repeated injections of morphine.
- paw-lick latency do not vary as a function of time.
- short latencies indicate reduced pain sensitivity.
Morphine tolerance in the example in Chapter 1 would be shown when
ANSWER: a
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- The effect of context on morphine tolerance would most likely be seen by differences in
- the averages of paw-lick latencies in the same and different contexts.
- the variability of paw-lick latencies within the same and different contexts.
- number of mice tested under each context.
- both a and b
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- If you want to study the effect of hormonal changes in adolescent boys, your population would be
- all people in the world.
- all males.
- all adolescents.
- all adolescent males.
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- If you want to study the effect of hormonal changes as boys reach adolescence, your sample would most likely include
- pre-adolescent and post-adolescent boys.
- adolescent boys.
- pre-adolescent and post-adolescent girls.
- adult men.
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- You would need the largest sample if you wanted to obtain a fairly accurate estimate of
- the average allowance of high school sophomores in Burlington High School.
- the average income of college students in the United States.
- the average family income in California.
- the average starting salary of graduating history majors.
ANSWER: c
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- Which of the following is most likely to be measured categorically?
- weight gain in first year college students
- level of authoritarianism in a sample of public accountants
- species of dogs appearing in the Sunday comics
- deterioration in driving performance under the influence of alcohol
ANSWER: c
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- Another name for measurement data is _______ data.
- frequency
- categorical
- quantitative
- numerical
ANSWER: c
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- To produce good estimates of population parameters we need to have a _______ sample.
- normal
- independent
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- systematic
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- Which of the following is the appropriate pairing?
- Population: Statistic ; Sample: Parameter
- Population: Parameter ; Sample : Statistic
- Population: Statistic ; Statistic : Sample
- Parameter: Statistic ; Sample : Population
ANSWER: b
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- Suppose that you dumped out a bag of M&Ms
- The manufacturer produces the same proportion of each color.
- The manufacturer produces more blue M&Ms than any other color.
- It is impossible to tell what the manufacturer is doing.
- The manufacturer produces exactly 48/128 = 37.5% blue M&Ms.
TM and found 48 blues, 35 greens, 30 reds, and 15 browns. Which of the following seems like the most reasonable conclusion to draw?
ANSWER: b
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- The important thing in estimating the proportion of blue M&Ms that the manufacturer produces is
- the randomness of the sample.
- the size of the sample
- the variability from bag to bag.
- all of the above
ANSWER: d
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- Which of the following is least likely to be a factor in selecting among statistical procedures?
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