18 Centuries of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

1759. What is the correct format for reporting the ANOVA in a
multiple regression?
a.
b. R2 = 78%, F = 278, p > 0.05
c.
d. T (18) = +8.90, p < 0.05
e.
f. F (3, 89) = 789.34, p < 0.001
1760.
R (12) = -78.97, p > 0.001
a.
b. N = 23, P = 0.000, F = 963
c.
d. None of these
e.
f. In which SPSS output will you find the overall proportion of
1761. variance explained by the independent variables?

a. The beta column
b.
c. The descriptive statistics box
d.
e. The ANOVA
f.
1762. The model summary box
a.
c. The excluded variables box
e.
The group comparisons box

In which SPSS output box would you be able to find out the
amount of variance in the dependent variable scores explained
by each of the independent variables?

ANOVA box

The model summary box

Excluded variables box

Descriptive statistics table

Model summary box

Coefficients box

Which of the following points is inconsistent with APA tables?

Horizontal lines b. Double spacing

Vertical lines d. Abbreviations explained

Fits on one page f. Referred to in text

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1763. How should a table be labeled?
a. Sequential numbers and a heading above the table
b. On preceding page
c. Just headings in italics
d. Only in the list of tables
e. Just numbers in italics
f. Alphabetically
1764. Where and how are notes about the table presented?
a. Before the table in a larger font to the main text
b. After the table integrated into the following paragraph
c. They should be below the table in smaller font
d. In the list of tables and figures
e. Before the table in the same font as the main text
f. In appendices
1765. How should figures be labelled in APA format?
a. Sequential letters and a clear heading below the figure
b. Sequential numbers and a clear heading below the figure
c. Sequential numbers, a clear heading and the source above the
figure
d. Sequential numbers and a clear heading above the figure
e. Sequential letters and a clear heading above the figure
f. Sequential numbers, a clear heading and the source below the
figure
1766. Which of the following types of figures can be used in APA
format?
a. Graphs
b. Examples of sequences in experiments
c. Example stimuli
d. Examples of the organization of equipment
e. Models in psychology

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f. All of these
1767.
a. What should all graphs include?
c.
e. Clearly labeled axis b. A reference in the text
1768.
a. A clear heading d. Explanations for abbreviations
c.
e. A key or legend f. All of these
1769.
a. What types of graphs cannot be included in APA reports?

c. Histograms Bar charts
e.
1770. Scatter graphs Box plots
a.
b. Line graphs All of these can be used
c.
d. Which axis must be labelled in APA style graphs?
e.
f. Neither, the labels b. Both
should be in a key
1771.
The Z axis d. The legends and the key
a.
b. The Y axis f. The X axis
c.
When should tables and figures be used?
d.
e. In qualitative papers

When running out of a word limit

In quantitative papers

To make documents more colorful

None of these

When they have explanatory power and when it would be too
complex to include in text
Which of the following points are not correct when using
figures and tables in APA format?

Information should be large enough to be legible

There should be clear headings and labels

Figures and tables should be colorful and contain a lot of
information but should be small, readers can zoom if they need to
The figure or table must help readers to understand findings

All information must be spelt correctly

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f. Axes labels must be clear enough to read
1772.
a. Which of these sections should come first in an APA report?
c.
e. Methodology b. Discussion
1773.
a. Results d. Abstract
c.
e. Introduction f. Conclusions
1774.
What should the Abstract not include in APA format?
a.
b. An introduction b. Statistics
c.
d. Interpretation d. Mention of methodology
e.
f. Findings f. A rationale
1775.
In which section of an APA report should you include
a. demographic details?
c.
e. In the acknowledgments
1776.
a. In the materials section of the methodology
b.
c. In the introduction
d.
e. In the design section of the methodology
f.
In the procedure section of the methodology

In the participants section of the methodology

What should not be included in the results section of an APA
report?

Graphs b. Descriptive statistics

Discussion of findings d. Tables

Inferential statistics f. None of these

Where should your hypotheses be?

In the design section

At the beginning of the introduction

In the results section

Under procedure

At the end of your introduction

In the methodology section

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1777. Which of these are not descriptive statistics?
a.
c. Mean b. Standard deviation
e.
1778. Range d. Mode
a.
c. Median f. F ratio
e.
Which of these would not produce inferential statistics?
1779.
Chi-squared b. Frequencies
a.
1780. ANOVA d. Spearman's rho
a.
1781. Pearson's product f. MANOVA

a. moment
1782.
An alternative expression for qualitative variables is
a.
1783. "categorical variables"

a. True b. False
1784.
Frequency distribution is another expression for a bar chart
a.
1785. True b. False

a. The method used to graph a group frequency table is called a
pie chart

True b. False

The height of the rectangle in a histogram is proportional to
class frequency and class width.

True b. False

Since mode is the most frequently occurring score, it can be
determined directly from a frequency distribution or a
histogram

True b. False

The smaller the variance the less spread of the data around the
mean

True b. False

Probability is usually measured on the scale between zero and
1

True b. False

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1786. The set of all possible outcomes in an experiment is defined as
the total population
a.
1787. True b. False

a. Standard normal distribution enables, among other things, a
1788. comparison between the two similar distributions that might
be expressed in different units
a.
1789. True b. False

a. A sample from the population does not have to share the same
1790. characteristics as the population

a. True b. False
1791.
Probability sampling is based on various random selection
a. principles
c.
1792. True b. False

a. With the non-probability sampling methods you do not know
1793. the likelihood that any element of a population will be selected
in a sample
a.
1794. True b. False

a. Rejection of the null hypothesis is a conclusive proof that the
alternative hypothesis is

True b. False

Neither d.

The level of significance can be viewed as the amount of risk
that an analyst will accept when making a decision

True b. False

Contingency tables and degrees of freedom are key elements of
the chi-square test

True b. False

If the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient shows
zero value, this definitely means that there is no relationship
between the two variables

True b. False

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1795. The coefficient of determination and the R-squared (R2) are the
same
a.
1796. True b. False

a. It is essential for the time series to be measured in equidistant
1797. units of time

a. True b. False
b.
c. If a value is missing in a time series we can do one of the
d. following
1798.
a. Just copy the previous value
c.
1799. Estimate it as an average between two neighboring values
a.
b. Take the overall mean as the best estimate of it
c.
1800. Ignore it
a.
b. Another name for the regression method is
c.
Linear method b. Univariate method

Time series method d. Casual Method

The mean of the sample means is

A biased estimator of the population

An unbiased estimator of the population mean

Neither biased nor unbiased

Ratio scales are like

Nominal scales with the brackets

Ordinal scales with ratios added

Interval scales with a true zero points

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1701. C 1721. Answer F 1781. B
1702. A 1722. C 1782. A
1703. D 1723. D 1741. A 1761. A 1783. A
1704. D 1724. C 1742. E 1762. C 1784. A
1705. C 1725. C 1743. B 1763. F 1785. A
1706. E 1726. A 1744. F 1764. F 1786. A
1707. B 1727. C 1745. E 1765. F 1787. A
1708. F 1728. E 1746. C 1766. F 1788. B
1709. B 1729. E 1747. E 1767. B 1789. A
1710. B 1730. D 1748. A 1768. F 1790. A
1711. B 1731. C 1749. C 1769. C 1791. C
1712. D 1732. B 1750. B 1770. D 1792. A
1713. C 1733. F 1751. B 1771. B 1793. A
1714. A 1734. E 1752. D 1772. F 1794. B
1715. D 1735. D 1753. E 1773. C 1795. A
1716. F 1736. C 1754. F 1774. E 1796. A
1717. D 1737. F 1755. A 1775. F 1797. B
1718. F 1738. C 1756. C 1776. B 1798. D
1719. F 1739. A 1757. E 1777. A 1799. B
1720. B 1740. C 1758. A 1778. B 1800. C
B 1759. C 1779.
A 1760. D 1780.

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