Chapter 12 Connect Quiz

A  is a stronger measure than the Pearson correlation coefficient.

B  tells you the percentage of the total variation in the independent variable caused by the dependent variable.

C  describes the variation in the dependent variable caused by the control variable.

D  ranges from -1.0 to +1.0.

E  ranges from .00 to 1.0.

A  the Spearman correlation coefficient.

B  bivariate regression analysis.

C  multiple regression analysis.

D  the Pearson correlation coefficient.

E  simple regression.

A  The null hypothesis for the Pearson correlation coefficient states that there is always a strong association between two variables.

B  The null hypothesis for the Pearson correlation coefficient states that the correlation coefficient is zero.

C  The Pearson correlation coefficient measures the degree of linear association between three variables.

D  The Pearson correlation coefficient measures the degree of linear association that ranges from 1.0 to 10.0.

E  The larger the correlation coefficient, the weaker the association between two variables.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  strength of association

B  dispersion

C  direction

D  type

E  presence

A  when the correlation coefficient is weak, there is a consistent, systematic relationship between the two variables of interest.

B  the variables have been measured using interval- or ratio-scaled measures.

C  the relationship we are trying to measure is curvilinear.

D  the variables we want to analyze have a binomially distributed population.

E  when the correlation coefficient is strong and significant, the two variables of interest are associated in a curvilinear fashion.

A  A positive beta indicates that as the size of an independent variable decreases, the size of the dependent variable increases.

B  It is an estimated correlation coefficient.

C  It is an F-ratio that has been recalculated to have a mean of 1 and a standard deviation of 0.

D  It shows the change in the dependent variable for each unit change in the independent variable.

E  It ranges from 1.00 to 3.00 and is a positive correlation coefficient.

A  Bivariate regression analysis

B  Covariation

C  Multiple regression analysis

D  Beta coefficient analysis

E  The non-parametric hypothesis coefficient

A  there is a weak association.

B  there is no relationship.

C  there is a moderate relationship.

D  a strong association is evident.

E  an invisible relationship exists.

A  statistical procedure that estimates regression equation coefficients that produce the lowest sum of squared differences between the actual and predicted values of a dependent variable.

B  estimated regression coefficient that has been recalculated to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of 1.

C  statistical technique that analyzes the linear relationship between a dependent variable and multiple independent variables by estimating coefficients for the equation for a straight line.

D  statistic that compares the amount of variation in the dependent measure “explained” or associated with the independent variables to the “unexplained” or error variance.

E  situation in which several independent variables are highly correlated with each other.