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True or false: Homoscedasticity refers to an even distribution/variance across the correlation line.
True or false: Homoscedasticity refers to an even distribution/variance across the correlation line.
True
True or false: Heteroscedasticity refers to an uneven distribution/variance across the correlation line.
True or false: Heteroscedasticity refers to an uneven distribution/variance across the correlation line.
True
True or false: Homoscedasticity is a common assumption for parametric statistical models.
True or false: Homoscedasticity is a common assumption for parametric statistical models.
True
True or false: Homoscedasticity is the assumption that there is an uneven distribution/variance across the correlation line.
True or false: Homoscedasticity is the assumption that there is an uneven distribution/variance across the correlation line.
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True or false: Heteroscedasticity refers to a homogeneity of variance.
True or false: Heteroscedasticity refers to a homogeneity of variance.
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True or false: Levene's test is commonly used to test for homoscedasticity.
True or false: Levene's test is commonly used to test for homoscedasticity.
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Which of the following best describes homoscedasticity?
Which of the following best describes homoscedasticity?
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What is the main purpose of Levene's test?
What is the main purpose of Levene's test?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of heteroscedasticity?
Which of the following is a characteristic of heteroscedasticity?
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Which of the following best describes homoscedasticity?
Which of the following best describes homoscedasticity?
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What is the main purpose of Levene's test?
What is the main purpose of Levene's test?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of heteroscedasticity?
Which of the following is a characteristic of heteroscedasticity?
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True or false: The t-test is used to compare the means of two conditions.
True or false: The t-test is used to compare the means of two conditions.
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True or false: The t-test can be applied to both between participants and within participants designs.
True or false: The t-test can be applied to both between participants and within participants designs.
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True or false: A t-test can only be done on normally distributed data.
True or false: A t-test can only be done on normally distributed data.
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True or false: The degrees of freedom for within-participants design is the same as the number of participants.
True or false: The degrees of freedom for within-participants design is the same as the number of participants.
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True or false: The degrees of freedom for between-participants design is (number of participants in group 1 - 1) + (number of participants in group 2 - 1).
True or false: The degrees of freedom for between-participants design is (number of participants in group 1 - 1) + (number of participants in group 2 - 1).
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True or false: When calculating a T-Test (Without SPSS), you assume that the null hypothesis is true and there is no significant difference between the means.
True or false: When calculating a T-Test (Without SPSS), you assume that the null hypothesis is true and there is no significant difference between the means.
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Which of the following best describes Pearson’s r?
Which of the following best describes Pearson’s r?
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True or false: A correlation coefficient can have a value of -2.
True or false: A correlation coefficient can have a value of -2.
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What does a Pearson’s r value of 0 indicate?
What does a Pearson’s r value of 0 indicate?
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Which of the following best describes a positive correlation?
Which of the following best describes a positive correlation?
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Which of the following best describes a negative correlation?
Which of the following best describes a negative correlation?
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What does the correlation coefficient (r) measure?
What does the correlation coefficient (r) measure?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a strong correlation?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a strong correlation?
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What is the interpretation of the effect size r2?
What is the interpretation of the effect size r2?
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What is the main purpose of hypothesis testing with correlations?
What is the main purpose of hypothesis testing with correlations?
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What does a flat line in a scatterplot suggest?
What does a flat line in a scatterplot suggest?
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Which of the following is an example of a confounding variable in the text?
Which of the following is an example of a confounding variable in the text?
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What is the main reason for not being able to establish causation based on correlation alone?
What is the main reason for not being able to establish causation based on correlation alone?
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What is the purpose of controlling for confound variables in analysis?
What is the purpose of controlling for confound variables in analysis?
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What is the term used to describe random correlations that occur due to sampling error?
What is the term used to describe random correlations that occur due to sampling error?
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Which of the following formulas represents the sample variance on a single variable?
Which of the following formulas represents the sample variance on a single variable?
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What is the numerator of the formula for covariance?
What is the numerator of the formula for covariance?
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What does a positive sum of products and covariance indicate?
What does a positive sum of products and covariance indicate?
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What does a negative sum of products and covariance indicate?
What does a negative sum of products and covariance indicate?
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Which of the following statements about correlation coefficients is true?
Which of the following statements about correlation coefficients is true?
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What does a correlation coefficient of -1 indicate?
What does a correlation coefficient of -1 indicate?
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When studying things that are difficult to measure, we should expect correlation coefficients to be...
When studying things that are difficult to measure, we should expect correlation coefficients to be...
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What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment?
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment?
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Which of the following best describes correlation?
Which of the following best describes correlation?
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What is the purpose of screening for outliers in a dataset?
What is the purpose of screening for outliers in a dataset?
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What is the Spearman correlation?
What is the Spearman correlation?
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What does a scatter plot indicate?
What does a scatter plot indicate?
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