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Assignment

QUESTION 1
The more power in a study, the greater the chance of identifying a non-significant difference when there actually is a significant difference.
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QUESTION 2
Inferential statistics are about a population, so the hypotheses are created using parameter statistics.
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QUESTION 3
As probability of making a Type I error increases, the probability of making a Type II error also increases.
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QUESTION 4
Studies that lack sufficient power are more likely to make a type I error.
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QUESTION 5
Hypothesis testing in univariate statistics is used to determine whether or not any change in the dependent variable is due to change in the independent variable or simply due to chance.
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QUESTION 6
For social sciences, power is usually deemed sufficient at .80.
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QUESTION 7
The easiest method of increasing power in a study is to increase sample size.
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QUESTION 8
If the null hypothesis is rejected, then no statistical group differences were found.
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QUESTION 9
The level of significance in a study is directly related to the amount of type I error allowed in a study.
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QUESTION 10
In hypothesis testing, the null hypothesis is always tested.
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QUESTION 11
Power is the same as confidence.
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QUESTION 12
Scores that are below the stated level of significance and critical value are considered to be statistically significant.
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False