Essentials of Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337515429
Author: GRAVETTER
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 4, Problem 24P
Arden and Plomin (2006) published a study reporting that IQ scores for boys are more variable than IQ scores for girls. A researcher would like to know if this same phenomenon applies to other measures of cognitive ability. A standard cognitive skills test is given to a sample of n = 15 adolescent boys and a sample of n = 15 adolescent girls, and resulted in the following scores.
- a. a Compute the
mean , the variance, and the standard deviation for each group. - b. Is one group of scores noticeably more variable than the other?
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Ch. 4.1 - Which of the following is a consequence of...Ch. 4.1 - What is the range for the following set of scores?...Ch. 4.1 - For the following scores, which of the following...Ch. 4.2 - Which of the following sets of scores has the...Ch. 4.2 - What is the variance for the following set of...Ch. 4.2 - A set of scores ranges from a high of X = 24 to a...Ch. 4.3 - What is SS, the sum of the squared deviations, for...Ch. 4.3 - What is the standard deviation for the following...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 3LCCh. 4.4 - Which of the following explains why it is...
Ch. 4.4 - Under what circumstances is the computational...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 3LCCh. 4.5 - A researcher takes a sample from a population and...Ch. 4.5 - A researcher takes all of the possible samples of...Ch. 4.5 - All the possible samples of n = 3 scores are...Ch. 4.6 - If a normal-shaped population with y. 40 and o 5...Ch. 4.6 - If 5 points are added to every score in a...Ch. 4.6 - A research study obtains a mean of 12.7 and a...Ch. 4.6 - For which of the following distributions would X =...Ch. 4 - Briefly explain the goal for defining and...Ch. 4 - What is the range for the following set of scores?...Ch. 4 - In words, explain what is measured by variance and...Ch. 4 - Is it possible to obtain a negative value for...Ch. 4 - Describe the scores in a sample that has a...Ch. 4 - There are two different formulas or methods that...Ch. 4 - Calculate the mean and SS (sum of squared...Ch. 4 - For the following population of N = 9 scores: 4,...Ch. 4 - Calculate SS, variance, and standard deviation for...Ch. 4 - Calculate SS. variance, and standard deviation for...Ch. 4 - Calculate SS. variance, and standard deviation for...Ch. 4 - For the following set of scores; 6, 2, 3, 0, 4 a....Ch. 4 - Explain why the formula for sample variance is...Ch. 4 - For the following sample or n = 6 scores: 0, 11,...Ch. 4 - Calculate SS, variance, and standard deviation for...Ch. 4 - Calculate SS, variance, and standard deviation for...Ch. 4 - A population has a mean of = 50 and a standard...Ch. 4 - Solve the following problems. a. After 6 points...Ch. 4 - Compute the mean and standard deviation for the...Ch. 4 - For the following sample of n = 8 scores: 0, 1,12,...Ch. 4 - For the following population of N = 6 scores: 2,...Ch. 4 - The range is completely determined by the two...Ch. 4 - For the data in the following sample: 1, 1, 9, 1...Ch. 4 - Arden and Plomin (2006) published a study...Ch. 4 - A population has a mean of = 50 and a standard...Ch. 4 - On an exam with a mean of M = 39, you obtain a...
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