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2022 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2022

The mean of a distribution is 14 and standard deviation is 5. What would be the value of coefficient of variation? (round off to two decimal places)

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2022 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Swami gets a test score of 190, the mean is 150 and SD is 25. Assuming normal distribution, the Z score would be ____________. (round off to one decimal place)

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2022 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)?

A

Tests the mean difference of more than two groups on one dependent variable.

B

Tests the mean difference of more than two groups across several dependent variables.

C

The independent variable is measured on a nominal scale and dependent variable on an interval or ratio scale.

D

The dependent variable is measured on nominal scale and independent variable on an interval or ratio scale.

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2022 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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If you want to examine the difference between the work values of employees in public and private sector and the relationship of work values with employee engagement, what would be the appropriate statistics to test the hypotheses?

A

test

B

t-test

C

Pearson Product moment correlation

D

Chi-square

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2023 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2023

Which of the following is/are TRUE for nonparametric statistics?

A

It is often called distribution free statistics

B

It is used to analyze interval data

C

It is used to analyze ordinal data

D

It compares groups in terms of means

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2023 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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If the variance of a set of scores is 100, the standard deviation is__________(in integer).

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2023 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Which of the following describe(s) the standard error of the mean?

A

It is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean

B

It reflects the accuracy with which sample means estimate the population mean

C

It is the difference between mean and standard deviation of a distribution

D

It is the standard deviation of a stratified sample

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2023 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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The value of F calculated from the data given in the table below is __________ (rounded off to one decimal place).

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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If the data distribution is skewed to the left, it means:

A

More scores have low values than have high values

B

Fewer scores have low values than have high values

C

Fewer scores have high values than have low values

D

More scores have high values than have low values

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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If a court acquits the criminal for lack of evidence and sentences the victim for 2 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case, it is an example of:

A

Type I error only

B

Type II error only

C

Type I and Type II error, respectively

D

Type II and Type I error, respectively

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Percentage of scores between the mean and ±1 standard deviation in a normal distribution is closest to

A

68%

B

34%

C

95%

D

99%

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Match the following.

A

I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a

B

I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b

C

I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b

D

I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Which of the following is/are distribution free test(s)?

A

Pearson correlation

B

Spearman's rho

C

Kruskal-Wallis H test

D

Analysis of variance

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Which of the following tests are post hoc?

A

Neuman-Keuls test

B

t-test

C

Duncan Multiple Range test

D

Tukey test

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Which of the following is/are measure(s) of dispersion?

A

Variance

B

ANOVA

C

Correlation

D

Range

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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On a standard test, the population is known to have a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Those receiving an experimental treatment have a mean of 540. The effect size is ________. (rounded off to two decimal places)

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2024 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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The standard deviation for the following scores: 8, 6, 6, 9, 6, 5, 6, 2 is ________. (rounded off to two decimal places)

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2025 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Match the following:

A

P-iv; Q-iii; R-ii; S-i

B

P-iii; Q-i; R-ii; S-iv

C

P-iii; Q-i; R-iv; S-ii

D

P-iv; Q-iii; R-i; S-ii

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2025 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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Refer to Column I and Column II and mark the statement(s) that is/are “True”

A

The mean of Section A is different from that of Section B

B

The standard deviation of Section A is similar to that of Section B

C

The mean and the standard deviation of Section A is the same

D

The mean of Section A and Section B are the same, the standard deviation is different

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2025 · Psychology · Research Methods and Statistics · Statistics in Psychology

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When the probability of Type I error (α) is 0.05 and the maximum acceptable probability of Type II error (β) is 0.20, the researcher is willing to accept that Type I error is __________ (answer in integer) times more serious than a Type II error.

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