A researcher was interested in evaluating if there was a relationship between participants’ academic class rank in high school (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) and their class rank in College (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.).  What statistic would you use?

A researcher examined the body mass index (BMI) of 1000 randomly selected undergraduates from USF and found a mean of 25. If the median BMI was 18, what would you conclude about the shape of the distribution of BMI scores?

When researchers discuss statistical interaction, what type of variable are researchers focusing on?

Where would the ecological validity of a research study be stronger?

In a multiple regression analysis, how many dependent variable(s) are in the analysis?

A researcher developed the following regression equation to predict muscular strength (y) from fat mass (Fat) in undergraduate students.                                                                             predicted y = 1.0 + 0.7 (Fat)                                                                                           R2 = .49                                                                                    In this sample, what is the proportion of the variance in undergraduate students’  muscular strength that is explained by fat mass (Fat)?

A researcher measured body mass (BM) for 100 undergraduates. The mean BM was 20 (SD=4). What would a person’s z-score be if the person had a body mass of 12?

A researcher was interested in examining the effects of the daily amount of creatine (5 grams, 10 grams, 15 grams, 20 grams) on the 50-yard sprint time of 200 female runners who volunteered for the study. From these 200 participants, 50 participants were randomly assigned to a daily dose of 5 grams of creatine; 50 participants were randomly assigned to a daily dose of 10 grams of creatine; 50 participants were randomly assigned to a daily dose of 15 grams of creatine; and 50 participants were randomly assigned to a daily dose of 20 grams of creatine. After being on the creatine dosage for 2 weeks, each participant’s 50-yard sprint time was measured. What is the independent variable?

If you were conducting a pairwise comparisons of 2 means and the 95% confidence interval for the difference in the 2 means was from -14 to -2, what would you conclude?

 A Type II error occurs when