Exam 3 Flashcards
List the 4 aspects of a good sample
- random
- no bias
- independent
- covers whole population
What is the appropriate statistical test if you want to know whether the average score on this final is significantly different from the known US average of 125 points?
Parametric:
type of tailed test:
non-parametric test:
1 population t-test for the mean
two tailed
1 population sign test
You want to know the distribution of Corbicula in the Potomac River follows a famous distribution called the Hakencamp distribtion
type of test:
tailed direction:
Chi square goodness of fit
one tailed
You survey 1000 people in MD and find out that 50% of them prefer red wine to white wine. You want to compare this to the percent of French win drinkers who prefer red win and know that percent is 72%. Is the percent in MD less than that of France.
type of test
tailed direction:
1 population z-test for percent
one tailed (left)
you want to know if increasing water to a plant causes the plant to grow faster. You have 4 ater treatments. You measure plant growth and can assume the data meets the assumption of normality.
Type of test
tailed direction
Regression or ANOVA
one direction
You have 50 sets of twins available to study the difference between the effects of 2 growth hormones on a person’s growth.
parametric test:
non-parametric test:
2 population paired 2-test
2 population sign test
T/F the F-distribution is exactly equal to the t-distribution when n> 100.
False
All chapter 11 chi square tests have one assumption that you check when analyzing the data, what is it?
Expected number greater than 5
T/F if your R^2 value is close to 1, you know you have a positive relationship between your 2 variables.
False
T/F For randomized complete block studies, you want to create blocks of experimental units that are as similar as possible.
True
T/F For the statistical tests discussed in this class, parametric tests always have more statistical power than nonparametric tests.
true
Describe the z-distribution
- Symmetric?
- Varies with df?
- can be used to analyze results of experiments?
- Yes
- No
- Yes
Describe the t-distribution
- Symmetric?
- Varies with df?
- can be used to analyze results of experiments?
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Describe the chi^2 distribution
- Symmetric?
- Varies with df?
- can be used to analyze results of experiments?
- no
- yes
- yes
Describe the f-distribution
- Symmetric?
- Varies with df?
- can be used to analyze results of experiments?
- no
- yes
- yes
Compare and contrast the assumptions of normality for regression and correlation.
Regression:
-only assume data normally distributed in vertical direction
Correlation:
-assume data distributed in both vertical and horizontal directions
T/F If a field has areas of high moisture and low moisture, high sunlight and low sunlight, we should set up the study using independent samples.
False
t/f For ANOVA, if the variability among treatment means is less than the average variability within treatment means, you will reject the null hypothesis.
false
paired/unpaired
you have a 100 seedling that are genetically similar.
unpaired
paired/unpaired
you complete a study on how well a drug reduces blood pressure and you think sex of the subject may influence the results but do not want to quantify that effect.
paired