1. An experimental study is one that _____. 

involves manipulation of one or more variables to determine the effect on another variable

attempts to capture a population’s characteristics by making inferences from a sample’s characteristics and testing resulting hypotheses

discovers answers to the questions who, what, when, where, or how much

attempts to reveal why or how one variable produces changes in another

2. Consider a regression analysis, where the correlation coefficient is 0.18. Then, the coefficient of determination is _______. 

a. 0.36

b. 0.0324

c. 0.424

d. 1.16

3. The manager of Paul’s fruit and vegetable store is considering the purchase of a new seedless watermelon from a wholesale distributor. Since this seedless watermelon costs $4, will sell for $7, and is highly perishable, he only expects to sell between six and nine of them. What is the opportunity loss for purchasing nine watermelons when the demand is for seven watermelons?

0

4

8

12

4. For a chi-square test involving a contingency table, suppose the null hypothesis is rejected. We conclude that the two variables are __________. 

linear.

curvilinear.

not related.

related.

5. A machine is set to fill the small-size packages of M&M candies with 56 candies per bag. A sample revealed three bags of 56, two bags of 57, one bag of 55, and two bags of 58. To test the hypothesis that the mean candies per bag is 56, how many degrees of freedom are there?

9

1

8

7

n = 8 bags

n-1 = 7 degree of freedom

6. In a multiple rating list scale, ____. 

the participant is restricted to circling their rating

it is possible to visualize the results better than with other numerical scales

participants rate multiple items on a 3-point scale

the data generated are always ordinal

7. A linear trend equation is used to represent time series values when the data are changing by equal what? 

Percents

Proportions

Amounts

Both “A” and “B” are correct

8. The weekly incomes of a large group of executives are normally distributed with a mean of $2,000 and a standard deviation of $100. What is the z-score for an income of $2,100?

1.683

-0.90

1.00

2.00

(2100-2000)/100

9. In multiple regression analysis, when the independent variables are highly correlated, this situation is called __________________. 

Autocorrelation

Multicollinearity

Homoscedasticity

curvilinearity

10. Which of the following goals should a good survey instrument accomplish?

a. Encourage participants to answer only those questions they are comfortable answering

b .Encourage each participant to provide accurate responses

c. Encourage participants to end the survey when they feel they have contributed enough information

d. Encourage participants to be succinct in their responses

11. A random sample of size 15 is selected from a normal population. The population standard deviation is unknown. Assume the null hypothesis indicates a two-tailed test and the researcher decided to use the 0.10 significance level. For what values of t will the null hypothesis not be rejected?

To the left of -1.282 or to the right of 1.282

To the left of -1.345 or to the right of 1.345

Between -1.761 and 1.761

To the left of -1.645 or to the right of 1.645

12. Bones Brothers & Associates prepare individual tax returns. Over prior years, Bones Brothers has maintained careful records regarding the time to prepare a return. The mean time to prepare a return is 90 minutes and the standard deviation of this distribution is 14 minutes. Suppose 100 returns from this year are selected and analyzed regarding the preparation time. What assumption do you need to make about the shape of the population distribution of all possible tax preparation times to make inferences about the mean time to complete a tax form? 

The population distribution is skewed to the left.

The population distribution is normal.

The shape of the population distribution does not matter.

The population distribution is skewed to the right.

13. A large department store examined a sample of the 18 credit card sales and recorded the amounts charged for each of three types of credit cards: MasterCard, Visa, and Discover. Six MasterCard sales, seven Visa, and five Discover sales were recorded. The store used an ANOVA to test if the mean sales for each credit card were equal. What are the degrees of freedom for the F statistic?

18 in the numerator, 3 in the denominator 

3 in the numerator, 18 in the denominator 

2 in the numerator, 15 in the denominator 

6 in the numerator, 15 in the denominator 

14. A ranking scale is a scale that _____. 

groups participants

scores an object by making a comparison and determining order among two or more objects

scores an object without making a direct comparison to another object

groups concepts according to specific criteria

15. Which of the following is a characteristic of the F distribution?

It is a discrete distribution.

It cannot be positive.

It is based on the ratio of variances from two populations.

It is the ratio of two population means.

16. The monthly salaries of a sample of 100 employees were rounded to the nearest $10. They ranged from a low of $1,040 to a high of $1,720. If we want to condense the data into seven classes, what is the most convenient class interval?

$150

$200

$100

$50

($1720 – 1040)/7 = $97.14.

17. When data is collected using a qualitative, nominal variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that summarizes the data?

A)  Upper and lower class limits must be calculated.

B)  A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.

C)  Number of classes is equal to the number of variable’s values.

D)  The “5 to the k rule” can be applied.

18. A firm offers routine physical examinations as part of a health service program for its employees. The exams showed that 8% of the employees needed corrective shoes, 15% needed major dental work, and 3% needed both corrective shoes and major dental work. What is the probability that an employee selected at random will need either corrective shoes or major dental work?

0.20

0.25

0.50

1.00

Given S = corrective shoes D = major dental work 

P(S) = .08 P(D) = .15 P(S and D) = .03 

P(S or D) = P(S) + P(D) – P(A and D) = .08 + .15 – .03 = .20

19. The question, “Should products be withdrawn if even one death is associated with its prescribed use, even if no fault for the tampered product accrues to the manufacturer?” is an example of a(n) _____. 

A. unreserchable question

B. ill-defined problem

C. favored-technique problem

D. strip data mining issue

20. BankChoice is concerned about stagnating profits and asks, “How can profitability be improved?” This is an example of a(n) _____.

measurement question

management question

research question

investigative question

21. As the size of the sample increases, what happens to the shape of the distribution of sample means? 

Cannot be predicted in advance

Approaches a normal distribution

Positively skewed

Negatively skewed

22. For any chi-square goodness-of-fit test, the number of degrees of freedom is found by ______. 

n – k – 1

k-1

n+1

n+k

23. Which of the following is most appropriately displayed with a frequency table? 

The relationship between gender and job performance

How much explanatory value comes from the study’s variables

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