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KIN 310 KSU - Exam 3c. colon cancer - ANS-When examining the Percent Attributable Factor (PAF) from the article on
the effect of physical inactivity on major non- communicable diseases, it was found that the
removal of physical inactivity had the largest effect on reducing the morality related to
_______________________.
a. coronary heart disease
b. type II diabetes
c. colon cancer
d. none of the above
e. A, b, and c - ANS-Which of the following statements are held as true when doing a parametric
statistical test?
a. We expect a normal distribution in our sample
b. Samples have the same variance as the variable of interest in the population
c. We expect independent observations
d. Both a and b
e. A, b, and c
b. shrinkage - ANS-The tendency for the validity of a regression equation to decrease when the
prediction formula is used with a new sample is called
a. Population specificity
b. shrinkage
c. reliability
d. objectivity
d. internal-consistency - ANS-This form of reliability is a way to assess consistency of results
across items within a test.
a. Inter-rater
b. Test- retest
c. Parallel forms
d. Internal- consistency
b. 22 and 34 - ANS-Susan examines a set of data and determines that the data has a mean of
28 and a standard deviation of 6. Susan's data is normally distributed, so she expects to find
that 68% of the scorers in her data set are between
a. 24 and 32
, b. 22 and 34
c. 16 and 40
d. 10 and 56
c. general linear model - ANS-The system of equations that are used as the mathematical
framework for most of the statistical analyses used in applied social science is called
a. Power
b. Statistical equation
c. General linear model
d. Central limit theorem
b. The probability of making a type I error is less than 5 out of 100 times - ANS-The symbol
p<.05 means
a. The probability of making an error is less than 5 out of 100 times
b. The probability of making a type I error is less than 5 out of 100 times
c. The probability of making a type II error is less than 5 out of 100 times
d. None of the above
power - ANS-The concept of increasing probability of rejecting a null hypothesis when the null
hypothesis is actually false is called
a. Inference
b. Significance
c. Power
d. Interpretation
d. reducing significance level - ANS-1Which of the following techniques will not reduce the risk
of making a type II error.
a. Increasing treatment effects
b. Using a more sensitive design
c. Increasing sample size
d. Reducing significance level
c. 99.7% - ANS-1What percentage of scores in a normal distribution should fall within 3
standard deviations above and below the mean?
a. 68%
b. 95%
c. 99.7%
d. 100%
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