The Null Hypothesis And You

  • Points30

 

  • Questions10

 

  • Time Limit45 Minutes

 

  • Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

The quiz:

  • Covers the Textbookmaterial from Module 3: .
  • Contains10 multiple-choice 
  • Is limitedto 45 minutes.
  • Allows unlimited attempts and the highest attempt will count towards the grade.
  • Is worth 30 points.

 

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Attempt 1

 

 

Question 1

3 / 3 pts

What can we know from our results of a study that we have failed to reject the null hypothesis?

Correct!

 

the sample means were not statistically different from one another

 

 

we have committed Type II error

 

 

the theoretical population are not different from one another

 

 

there was no sampling error

 

 

Question 2

3 / 3 pts

Which of these is an acceptable interpretation of a non-significant outcome in research?

Correct!

 

researchers should fail to reject the null hypothesis

 

 

the null hypothesis should be accepted

 

 

the null hypothesis should be rejected

 

 

results must be incorrect

 

 

Question 3

0 / 3 pts

A Type II error occurs if:

You Answered

 

researchers reject the null hypothesis when they should not have rejected it

 

Correct Answer

 

researchers fail to reject the null hypothesis when they should have rejected it

 

 

researchers reject the null hypothesis when they should have rejected it

 

 

researchers fail to reject the null hypothesis when they should not have rejected it

 

 

Question 4

3 / 3 pts

If the nominal alpha is set to .05, what p value would be considered statistically significant?

Correct!

 

.022

 

 

.22

 

 

2.2

 

 

22

 

 

Question 5

3 / 3 pts

A Type I error occurs if:

Correct!

 

researchers reject the null hypothesis when they should not have rejected it

 

 

researchers fail to reject the null hypothesis when they should have rejected it

 

 

researchers reject the null hypothesis when they should have rejected it

 

 

researchers fail to reject the null hypothesis when they should not have rejected it

 

 

Question 6

3 / 3 pts

If nominal alpha is set to .01, which of these p values would be considered criteria for rejecting the null hypothesis?

Correct!

 

.009

 

 

.03

 

 

.04

 

 

.042

 

 

Question 7

3 / 3 pts

When we fail to reject the null hypothesis we:

Correct!

 

claim there is no difference

 

 

reject the null hypothesis

 

 

reject the alternative hypothesis

 

 

claim there is a difference

 

 

Question 8

3 / 3 pts

The advantage of using Cohen’s d is that it provides a difference in group means based on the:

Correct!

 

standard deviation of the scores

 

units of measurement for the scores

 

 

variance of the scores

 

 

outliers of the scores

 

 

Question 9

0 / 3 pts

When we reject the null hypothesis we:

Correct Answer

 

claim there is a difference

 

 

reject the real hypothesis

 

 

claim there is no difference

 

You Answered

 

reject the alternative hypothesis

 

 

Question 10

3 / 3 pts

What can lead to a large difference between a population mean and a sample mean?

Correct!

 

sampling error

 

 

random sampling

 

 

an incorrect alpha level

 

 

a small test statistic

 

 

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