A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals

Question 1
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That null hypothesis for an ANOVA states
Choose one answer.
a. there will be a significant relationship between the groups. 
b. I have no idea (do NOT pick this one even if it's true) 
c. there are no significant differences among the treatments. 
d. at least one mean will be significantly different from the others. 
Question 2
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A "treatment effect" refers to differences between scores that are caused by the different treatment conditions. These differences produced by "treatment effects" will contribute
Choose one answer.
a. to the numerator of the F-ratio. 
b. to the denominator of the F-ratio. 
c. to both the numerator and the denominator of the F-ratio. 
d. "Treatment effects" do not contribute to the F-ratio because they are removed before the F-ratio is computed. 
Question 3
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In analysis of variance, the term "factor" refers to
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a. a dependent variable. 
b. an independent variable. 
c. a treatment mean. 
d. a treatment total. 

Question 4
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The individual conditions or values that make up a factor are called
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a. levels 
b. within treatment variance 
c. error term 
d. independent variable 
Question 5
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In analysis of variance, MS provides a measure of
Choose one answer.
a. variance. 
b. z score 
c. sum of scores 
d. the post hoc test. 
Question 6
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In analysis of variance, the F-ratio is a ratio of
Choose one answer.
a. two (or more) sample means. 
b. two variances. 
c. sample means divided by z-scores. 
d. none of the above 
Question 7
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A researcher reports an F-ratio with df = 3, 36 for an independent-measures ANOVA. How many individual subjects participated in the experiment?
Choose one answer.
a. 36 
b. 39 
c. 40 
d. cannot be determined from the information given 
Question 8
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A psychologist would like to investigate the effect that the color of a room has on a person's mood. Ninety participants are separated into a red room (n = 30), a blue room (n = 30), and a green room (n = 30). How many levels are there?
Choose one answer.
a. 3 
b. 2 
c. 1 
d. 90 
Question 9
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A researcher reports an F-ratio with df = 3, 36 for an independent-measures ANOVA. How many treatment conditions were compared in this experiment?
Choose one answer.
a. 3 
b. 4 
c. 36 
d. 39 
Question 10
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For an experiment comparing more than two treatment conditions, you should use analysis of variance rather than separate t tests because
Choose one answer.
a. you are less likely to make a mistake in the computations of ANOVA. 
b. you should never use an ANOVA with more than 2 groups. 
c. ANOVA has less risk of a Type I Error. 
d. ANOVA has less risk of a Type V Error. 

Question 11
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The value for the within-treatments degrees of freedom, dfwithin, is determined by
Choose one answer.
a. n - 1. 
b. N - 1. 
c. k - 1. 
d. N - k. 
Question 12
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In general, the distribution of F-ratios is
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a. a normal, symmetrical distribution with a mean of zero. 
b. positively skewed with all values greater than or equal to zero. 
c. negatively skewed with all values greater than or equal to zero. 
d. what is a distribution? (even if this is true, do NOT pick this answer!) 
Question 13
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An experiment compares two treatment conditions with a sample of n = 20 in each treatment. If the data are analyzed with ANOVA, the analysis would have dftotal =
Choose one answer.
a. 18. 
b. 19. 
c. 38. 
d. 39. 
Question 14
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The purpose of post hoc test is to
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a. determine which treatments are significantly different. 
b. determine how much difference there is between treatments. 
c. determine whether or not a Type I Error was made in the ANOVA. 
d. determine what your favorite tv show is! 
Question 15
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Post hoc tests are necessary after an ANOVA whenever
Choose one answer.
a. H0 is rejected. 
b. there are more than two treatments. 
c. a and b 
d. You always should do post hoc tests after an ANOVA. 
Question 16
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For Treatment 1, n = 5, T = 5 and SS = 25. For Treatment 2, n = 5, T = 10 and SS = 20. For Treatment 3, n = 5, T = 15 and SS = 15. If the data were examined using an analysis of variance, the F-ratio would have df within equal to
Choose one answer.
a. 12. 
b. 14. 
c. 2 
d. 3 
Question 17
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For Treatment 1, n = 5, T = 5 and SS = 25. For Treatment 2, n = 5, T = 10 and SS = 20. For Treatment 3, n = 5, T = 15 and SS = 15. In the analysis of variance for these data, the between-treatments degrees of freedom is equal to
Choose one answer.
a. 2. 
b. 3. 
c. 12. 
d. 14. 
Question 18
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For Treatment 1, n = 5, T = 5 and SS = 25. For Treatment 2, n = 5, T = 10 and SS = 20. For Treatment 3, n = 5, T = 15 and SS = 15. In the analysis of variance for these data, SS within is equal to
Choose one answer.
a. 10. 
b. 15. 
c. 60. 
d. cannot be determined from the information given 

Question 19
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For an F-ratio with df = 2, 10, the critical value for a hypothesis test using alpha = .05 would be
Choose one answer.
a. 4.10. 
b. 7.56. 
c. 19.39. 
d. 99.40. 
Question 20
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A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n = 5 in each sample.The rats in the first sample serve as a control and do not get any of the drug.The rats in the second group receive a small dose, and the rats in the third group each get a large dose of the drug. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below. Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with alpha = .05. The no drug group has scores of 0, 2, 2, 0, and 1 with T = 5 and SS = 4. The small dose drug group has scores of 2, 2, 3, 2, and 1 with T =10 and SS = 2. The large dose drug group has scores of 5, 3, 2, 2, and 3 with T= 15 and SS = 6. Overall, G = 30 and total EX2 = 82. What is the value of the critical F ?

Choose one answer.
a. 6.59 
b. 3.88 
c. 3.29 
d. 3.74 
Question 21
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A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n = 5 in each sample. The rats in the first sample serve as a control and do not get any of the drug. The rats in the second group receive a small dose, and the rats in the third group each get a large dose of the drug. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below. Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with alpha = .05. The no drug group has scores of 0, 2, 2, 0, and 1 with T = 5 and SS = 4. The small dose drug group has scores of 2, 2, 3, 2, and 1 with T = 10 and SS = 2. The large dose drug group has scores of 5, 3, 2, 2, and 3 with T = 15 and SS = 6. Overall, G = 30 and total EX2 = 82. What is the value of F?
Choose one answer.
a. 22 
b. 12 
c. 10 
d. 5 
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Question 22
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A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n = 5 in each sample. The rats in the first sample serve as a control and do not get any of the drug. The rats in the second group receive a small dose, and the rats in the third group each get a large dose of the drug. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below. Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with alpha = .05. The no drug group has scores of 0, 2, 2, 0, and 1 with T = 5 and SS = 4. The small dose drug group has scores of 2, 2, 3, 2, and 1 with T = 10 and SS = 2. The large dose drug group has scores of 5, 3, 2, 2, and 3 with T = 15 and SS = 6. Overall, G = 30 and total EX2 = 82. What is the correct decision?
Choose one answer.
a. Fail to reject H0 
b. Reject H0 
Question 23
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A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n = 5 in each sample. The rats in the first sample serve as a control and do not get any of the drug. The rats in the second group receive a small dose, and the rats in the third group each get a large dose of the drug. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below. Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with alpha = .05. The no drug group has scores of 0, 2, 2, 0, and 1 with T = 5 and SS = 4. The small dose drug group has scores of 2, 2, 3, 2, and 1 with T = 10 and SS = 2. The large dose drug group has scores of 5, 3, 2, 2, and 3 with T = 15 and SS = 6. Overall, G = 30 and total EX2 = 82. What is the correct statistical notation of the results?
Choose one answer.
a. t(14) = 5, p < .05 
b. t(2,12) = 5, p .05 
d. t(14) = 5, p > .05 
Question 24
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A psychologist would like to examine the effects of a new drug on the activity level of animals. Three samples of rats are selected with n = 5 in each sample. The rats in the first sample serve as a control and do not get any of the drug. The rats in the second group receive a small dose, and the rats in the third group each get a large dose of the drug. The psychologist records the activity level for each animal. The data from this experiment are presented below. Do these data indicate any significant differences among the three groups? Test with alpha = .05. The no drug group has scores of 0, 2, 2, 0, and 1 with T = 5 and SS = 4. The small dose drug group has scores of 2, 2, 3, 2, and 1 with T = 10 and SS = 2. The large dose drug group has scores of 5, 3, 2, 2, and 3 with T = 15 and SS = 6. If the post-hoc test reveals that the significant difference lies between the no drug group and the large dose group, what is the correct interpretation of the results?
Choose one answer.
a. The activity level of the no dose group was significantly greater than the large dose group. 
b. There was not significant difference in activity level between the large dose group and the no dose group. 
c. The activity level of the large dose group was significantly greater than the no dose group. 
d. The activity level of the large dose group was significantly lower than the no dose group.