Statistics: Population and Sample

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What is the totality of individual observations about which inferences are to be made?

  • Population (correct)
  • Sample
  • Parameter
  • Statistic

What is a summary measure computed to describe a characteristic of the population?

  • Statistic
  • Sample
  • Parameter (correct)
  • Variance

What is a number that describes the data from a sample?

  • Variance
  • Parameter
  • Population
  • Statistic (correct)

What is the symbol used to represent the population mean?

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

What is the symbol used to represent the population standard deviation?

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

What is the TRUE average age of all the 2,890 BUPCEANS?

<p>Population Mean (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main objective of hypothesis testing?

<p>To determine whether the sample data supports a hypothesis about the population (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha)?

<p>To determine if the evidence is enough to establish that the Null Hypothesis is not true (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Null Hypothesis (Ho) used for?

<p>To hypothesize 'no difference' or 'no effect' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many types of hypotheses are formulated in hypothesis testing?

<p>Two types: Null and Alternative Hypotheses (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second step in hypothesis testing?

<p>Select the statistical analysis model to use (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the problem objective, NULL HYPOTHESIS testing may be categorized into how many categories?

<p>Three categories: description of a single population, comparison of two populations, and analysis of the relationship between two variables (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a hypothesis?

<p>An educated guess that can be tested by scientific methods (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the null hypothesis denoted by?

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

What is the researcher trying to do with the null hypothesis?

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

What does the symbol μ represent in hypothesis testing?

<p>The actual mean of the population under analysis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the alternative hypothesis denoted by?

<p>H1 or HA (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the symbol ≠ represent in hypothesis testing?

<p>Is not equal to (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

As the NON REJECTION region becomes wider, what is more likely to happen to the NULL Hypothesis?

<p>It is more likely to be supported (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a one-tailed test, where is the critical value and rejection region typically located?

<p>In the tail where the alternate hypothesis points to (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the direction of the inequality sign in a left-tailed test?

<p>&lt; (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of non-parametric tests?

<p>They are distribution-free tests (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between parametric and non-parametric tests?

<p>The assumption about the distribution of the data (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of error increases as alpha decreases?

<p>Type II error (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of using a two-tailed test in scientific research?

<p>It allows researchers to detect both positive and negative effects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the critical values when the alpha level decreases?

<p>They move closer to the mean (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of splitting the significance level percentage between both tails of the distribution in a two-tailed test?

<p>To detect effects in both directions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the alpha level and the chance of Type I error?

<p>As the alpha level decreases, the chance of Type I error decreases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of a 95% level of confidence in a two-tailed test?

<p>It means that 95% of the sample means should be in the non-rejection region (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between a one-tailed test and a two-tailed test?

<p>The direction of the effect being tested (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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