Psychological Assessment Statistics: Scales of Measurement and Descriptive Statistics
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Which scale of measurement has a true zero point?

  • Interval
  • Ratio (correct)
  • Ordinal
  • Nominal

What does 'Magnitude' refer to in the context of statistics?

  • Error in measurement
  • Frequency of distribution
  • Difference between two points on a scale
  • Property of 'moreness' (correct)

Which statistic provides a concise description of a collection of quantitative information?

  • Post-Hoc tests
  • Tukey's HSD test
  • Descriptive statistics (correct)
  • Inferential statistics

What is the property of an 'Equal Interval' scale?

<p>The difference between two points at any place on the scale is the same (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scale can take on any value within a range and has infinite possible values?

<p>Continuous Scale (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Tukey's HSD test' is used for computing what in ANOVA?

<p>Minimum difference between treatment means necessary for significance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of scale involves classification or distribution categorization based on one or more distinguishing characteristics?

<p>Nominal scale (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which measure of central tendency is the middle score of the distribution?

<p>Median (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of distribution has two scores that occur with the highest frequency?

<p>Bimodal distribution (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which measure of variability is equal to the difference between the highest and lowest score?

<p>Range (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of transformation retains a direct numerical relationship to the original raw score?

<p>Linear transformation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of hypothesis testing?

<p>To evaluate a sample data to make inferences about a population (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the alpha level in a hypothesis test?

<p>To define the concept of &quot;very unlikely&quot; (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Pearson correlation coefficient?

<p>To measure the strength and direction of the relationship between two continuous variables (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the standard error of estimate in regression analysis?

<p>To measure the variability of the residuals (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of test is used to compare the means of two independent groups with continuous variables?

<p>Independent t-test (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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