Essentials of Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
Essentials of Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781337098120
Author: Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau, Lori-Ann B. Forzano
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as p…
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Research indicates that people who volunteer to participate in research studies tend to have higher intelligence than nonvolunteers. To test this phenomenon, a researcher obtains a sample of 200 high-school students. The students are given a description of a psychological research study and asked whether they would volunteer to participate. The researcher also obtains an IQ score for each student and classifies the students into high, medium, and low IQ groups. Do the following data indicate a significant relationship between IQ and volunteering? Test at the .05 level of significance.

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Ch. 15.1 - Which of the following is a characteristic of...Ch. 15.1 - Which of the following accurately describes the...Ch. 15.1 - A researcher uses a sample of n = 60 participants...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 1LCCh. 15.2 - Prob. 2LCCh. 15.2 - A researcher uses a sample of 20 college...Ch. 15.3 - If a chi-square test for independence has df 3,...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 2LCCh. 15.3 - Prob. 3LCCh. 15.4 - Prob. 1LC
Ch. 15.4 - A researcher obtains X2 = 4.0 for a test for...Ch. 15.4 - Under what circumstances should the chi-square...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 1LCCh. 15.5 - Prob. 2LCCh. 15 - Prob. 1PCh. 15 - The student population at the state college...Ch. 15 - A developmental psychologist would like to deter...Ch. 15 - Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles...Ch. 15 - A psychologist examining art appreciation selected...Ch. 15 - A professor in the psychology department would...Ch. 15 - Automobile insurance is much more expensive for...Ch. 15 - A communications company has developed three new...Ch. 15 - Prob. 9PCh. 15 - Earlier in the chapter, we introduced the...Ch. 15 - Liu el al. (2015) recently reported the results of...Ch. 15 - Many businesses use some type of customer loyalty...Ch. 15 - In a classic study, Loftus and Palmer (1974)...Ch. 15 - In a study investigating freshman weight pain, the...Ch. 15 - Research results suggest that IQ scores for boys...Ch. 15 - Gender differences in dream content are well...Ch. 15 - Many parents allow their underage children to...Ch. 15 - A recent study indicates that people tend to...Ch. 15 - Research indicates that people who volunteer to...Ch. 15 - Research has demonstrated strong gender...
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