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This document contains a chapter of multiple choice, true/false, and open-ended questions about correlational analysis and regression. The multiple choice questions cover topics like the information that can be revealed by a scattergram, the meaning of different correlation coefficients, and terminology used in regression. The true/false questions test understanding of concepts such as the difference between correlation coefficients and the uses and limitations of correlational analysis. The open-ended questions ask about hypotheses that can be tested through correlation, the differences between correlation and regression, and terminology used in regression equations.

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Chapter 10 Test Questions

This document contains a chapter of multiple choice, true/false, and open-ended questions about correlational analysis and regression. The multiple choice questions cover topics like the information that can be revealed by a scattergram, the meaning of different correlation coefficients, and terminology used in regression. The true/false questions test understanding of concepts such as the difference between correlation coefficients and the uses and limitations of correlational analysis. The open-ended questions ask about hypotheses that can be tested through correlation, the differences between correlation and regression, and terminology used in regression equations.

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Chapter 10 questions

Multiple choice:

1. A scattergram may reveal


a. the direction of a relationship.
b. the strength of a relationship.
c. the form of a relationship.
d. all of the above.

2. A correlation coefficient of 1 indicates


a. the absence of any correlation.
b. a perfect correlation.
c. a relatively small degree of correlation.
d. a relatively high degree of correlation.

3. The number of units that the regression line moves on the Y-axis for each unit it moves
along the X-axis is called
a. intercept.
b. coefficient of determination.
c. slope.
d. none of the above.

4. The variable that is used to predict changes in another variable is known as the
a. nuisance variable.
b. predictor variable.
c. criterion variable.
d. first variable.

5. The value of the ‘coefficient of determination’ (r2) ranges from


a. 0 to 1.
b. –1 to 0.
c. –1 to +1.
d. 1 to 10.

6. The prediction of an individual’s score on the criterion variable based on our knowledge of
this individual’s value on the predictor variable will be more accurate when
a. there is no correlation between the two variables.
b. the correlation between the two variables is weak.
c. the correlation between the two variables is moderate.
d. the correlation between the two variables is strong.

True or false:

1. A positive and a negative relationship may have the same strength.


TRUE
FALSE
2. r and rs are symbols representing two different types of correlation coefficient.
TRUE
FALSE
3. A non-directional hypothesis predicts a negative correlation between two variables.
TRUE
FALSE
4. Spearman’s rank order correlation is a parametric statistic.
TRUE
FALSE
5. The ‘regression line’ and the ‘line of best fit’ are two different things.
TRUE
FALSE
6. Correlational analysis is unable to tell how much one variable will change if another
variable changes a certain amount.
TRUE
FALSE
7. When we take one variable and we use changes in this variable to predict changes in
another variable, the latter is defined as a ‘criterion variable’.
TRUE
FALSE
8. A high value of Beta is always an indication that a prediction is accurate.
TRUE
FALSE
9. The ‘coefficient of determination’ tells you the degree to which the variability in the
criterion variable is attributable to variability in the predictor variable.
TRUE
FALSE
10. To make predictions about how an individual with a given score on the predictor variable
would score on the criterion variable, we use the regression line.
TRUE
FALSE

Open-ended questions

1. What kind of hypotheses can we test by means of correlational studies?


2. Explain the general differences between ‘correlational’ and ‘regression’ analysis.
3. When we want to explore the relationship between two variables measured on an interval
scale, but data do not meet parametric assumptions, what type of correlation coefficient
should be used?
4. When the relationship between two variables that we are exploring is linear, we can make
two kinds of predictions. Explain what they are.
5. What is Beta, and why is it useful?
6. What is a ‘linear regression equation’ and what can it be used for?
Chapter 10 answers

Answers multiple choice questions

1d, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5a, 6d

Answers true or false questions

1 true, 2 true, 3 false, 4 false, 5 false, 6 true, 7 true, 8 false, 9 true, 10 true

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