Interpreting Results

Practice Questions

AP Psychology › Interpreting Results

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When measuring central tendency, which of the following choices is known to be biased depending on the data set?

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What kind of statistical test would be used to determine if there is a linear relationship between two variables?

3

Researchers discover a .62 correlation between self-esteem and academic achievement in a group of high school students. This would be described as a __________ in strength relationship.

4

The _________ measures the average distance of a score from the mean in a distribution. This number increases as the spread of scores increases.

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Which of these represents the strongest correlation coefficient?

6

Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship?

7

The following are the ages of 12 children sitting in a row at an elementary school assembly:

For the data set, what are the mean, median, and mode, respectively?

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A group of psychologists reject their null hypothesis, but it turns out that their null hypothesis is true. What kind of error have they committed?

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Which of the following is true about statistical significance?

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A psychology statistics professor wants to display data from previous test scores. There are 100 students in her class. On the last test 5 students received perfect scores; however, the rest of the students averaged a score of a 66. Which of the following central tendency measures would be the best to describe the class’s performance on the exam?

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