Exam 13: Pearson Correlation and Regression: Inferential Aspects

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A researcher believes that an extroverted personality is positively related to self-esteem.She obtains measures of both variables for 25 people,and calculates a correlation coefficient of .35.If the alpha level is .05,directional test,how would this result be reported in a psychological journal?

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Which of the following values represents the weakest correlation between variables?

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Suppose you were interested in conducting a study examining how ratings of similarity between oneself and another person were related to how attracted one is to the other person.You conduct this study by giving participants a description of a person named "Sarah." Participants are asked to read the description and then rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how similar Sarah is to themselves.You also ask each participant to rate on a scale from 1 to 20 how likeable they think Sarah is. X = rating of similarity to oneself Y = rating of likability of the target ("Sarah") 62 people participate in your study,and you obtain the following data: Xˉ=6.00 \bar{X}=6.00 SCP = 66 Yˉ=10.00 \bar{Y}=10.00 SSX = 40 SSY = 136 What is the regression line for this data?

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If the degrees of freedom of the Pearson correlation is 0,how many pairs of scores are there?

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Fisher's transformation of r to z permits us to _____.

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The _____ of the estimated standard error of estimate provides a measure of the amount of predictive error that occurs.

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The test of the null hypothesis that ñ = 0 is based on the assumption that the variability of Y scores in the population is the same at each value of X.

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The values of _____ are estimates of _____,respectively.

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If you compute a statistically significant negative r between two variables (X and Y),this tells you that _____.

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The sampling distribution of the population correlation coefficient is ____ when the population coefficient is equal to 0.

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When the population correlation coefficient is zero and the scores in the population are (bivariate)normally distributed,then as N increases the distribution of the sample correlation coefficients tends,somewhat slowly,toward a binomial distribution.

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A researcher was interested in whether testosterone was related to aggression.Testing 18 male subjects,he found a correlation coefficient of .62.If the standard deviation estimate for Y was 13.2,what is the estimated standard error of estimate?

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When testing the significance of a correlation,we use the alpha level and the degrees of freedom value equal to ______.

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If X helps to predict Y,then the estimated standard error of estimate will be larger than the estimated standard deviation of Y,and the better the predictor X is,the larger the estimated standard error of estimate will be.

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An important characteristic of regression is that _____ can be extended to individuals who were not included in the original data set.

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In the context of regression,the variable being predicted,Y,is formally known as the dependent or _____ variable;the variable from which predictions are made,X,is formally known as the independent or _____ variable.

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The slope indicates the number of units Y is predicted to change given a _____ in X.

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The linear model has the general form Y = á + âX + å.

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If we found a correlation of +.32,the calculation of the strength of the relationship (h2)would indicate that we observed a _____ relationship between the two variables.

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When the population correlation is _____ and the scores in the population are (bivariate.normally distributed,then as N increases the distribution of the sample correlation coefficient tends,somewhat slowly,toward a _____.

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