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PRACTICE EXAM – CONTENT OF FINAL EXAM WILL VARY!
Student name:
Student CPR-number:
PC number (the PC you work on):
Course Name: Experiment Design and Analysis – Fall 2009
Course code: DEDA
Exam Date: January 5th, 2010
Time of Exam: 09:00 – 13:00 [4 hours]
Course convener: Dr. Anders Drachen
This exam document has 10 pages
Number of questions in this exam: 24
Information about exam aids:
This is an A3-type exam: Written examination with all written and printed aids, and
PC with access to internet and personal folders.
1
SECTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE
Total worth: 30 points
REPORT THE RIGHT ANSWER/ANSWERS LIKE THIS:
Q”number”, “answer”
For example: q15,2
(MULTIPLE RIGHT ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE)
1. The standard deviation is the square root of:
1.
2.
3.
4.
the coefficient of determination sum of squares variance range
2. Which of the following is true about a 95% confidence interval of the mean of a given sample: 1. 95 out of 100 sample means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval.
2. There is a 95% chance that the population mean will fall within the limits of the confidence interval. 3. 95 out of 100 population means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval.
3. What does a significant test statistic tell us?
1.
2.
3.
4.
There is an important effect.
The hull hypothesis is false.
There is an effect in the population of sufficient magnitude to be scientifically interesting.
All of the above.
4. A type I error is when:
1.
2.
3.
4.
We conclude that there is a meaningful effect in the population when in fact there is not.
We conclude that there is not a meaningful effect in the population when in fact there is.
We conclude that the test statistic is significant when in fact it is not.
The data we have typed into SPSS is different to the data collected.
5. If we calculated an effect size and found it was r = .42 which expression would best describe the size
PRACTICE EXAM – CONTENT OF FINAL EXAM WILL VARY!
Student name:
Student CPR-number:
PC number (the PC you work on):
Course Name: Experiment Design and Analysis – Fall 2009
Course code: DEDA
Exam Date: January 5th, 2010
Time of Exam: 09:00 – 13:00 [4 hours]
Course convener: Dr. Anders Drachen
This exam document has 10 pages
Number of questions in this exam: 24
Information about exam aids:
This is an A3-type exam: Written examination with all written and printed aids, and
PC with access to internet and personal folders.
1
SECTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE
Total worth: 30 points
REPORT THE RIGHT ANSWER/ANSWERS LIKE THIS:
Q”number”, “answer”
For example: q15,2
(MULTIPLE RIGHT ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE)
1. The standard deviation is the square root of:
1.
2.
3.
4.
the coefficient of determination sum of squares variance range
2. Which of the following is true about a 95% confidence interval of the mean of a given sample: 1. 95 out of 100 sample means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval.
2. There is a 95% chance that the population mean will fall within the limits of the confidence interval. 3. 95 out of 100 population means will fall within the limits of the confidence interval.
3. What does a significant test statistic tell us?
1.
2.
3.
4.
There is an important effect.
The hull hypothesis is false.
There is an effect in the population of sufficient magnitude to be scientifically interesting.
All of the above.
4. A type I error is when:
1.
2.
3.
4.
We conclude that there is a meaningful effect in the population when in fact there is not.
We conclude that there is not a meaningful effect in the population when in fact there is.
We conclude that the test statistic is significant when in fact it is not.
The data we have typed into SPSS is different to the data collected.
5. If we calculated an effect size and found it was r = .42 which expression would best describe the size