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Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
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Sample Question 1
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
In hypothesis testing, what is a 'Type I Error' ($\alpha$)?
A
Rejecting a true null hypothesis (False Positive)
B
Failing to reject a false null hypothesis (False Negative)
C
Accepting a true alternative hypothesis
D
Calculating an incorrect mean
✓ Correct Answer: A - Rejecting a true null hypothesis (False Positive)
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
A Type I error occurs when the researcher rejects the null hypothesis ($H_0$) when $H_0$ is actually true in reality. The probability of committing a Type I error is the significance level $\alpha$.
Sample Question 2
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
In hypothesis testing, what is a 'Type II Error' ($\beta$)?
A
Failing to reject (retaining) a false null hypothesis (False Negative)
B
Rejecting a true null hypothesis
C
Rejecting an incorrect sample mean
D
Using an alpha level of 0.05
✓ Correct Answer: A - Failing to reject (retaining) a false null hypothesis (False Negative)
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
A Type II error occurs when the test fails to reject $H_0$ when $H_0$ is false in reality (i.e., failing to detect a true effect). The probability of committing a Type II error is designated $\beta$.
Sample Question 3
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
The 'Power of a Statistical Test' is defined mathematically as:
A
$1 - \beta$ (The probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis)
B
$1 - \alpha$
C
$\alpha + \beta$
D
$\alpha / \beta$
✓ Correct Answer: A - $1 - \beta$ (The probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis)
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
Statistical power ($1 - \beta$) is the probability that a statistical test will correctly detect a true effect (rejecting $H_0$ when $H_0$ is indeed false). Standard desired power in research is typically 80% or 0.80.
Sample Question 4
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Medium • Statistics
In statistical significance testing, what is the exact definition of a '$p$-value'?
A
The probability, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true, of obtaining a test statistic as extreme as or more extreme than the observed value
B
The probability that the null hypothesis is true
C
The probability that the alternative hypothesis is false
D
The probability of making a Type II error
✓ Correct Answer: A - The probability, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true, of obtaining a test statistic as extreme as or more extreme than the observed value
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
The $p$-value quantifies the compatibility of the sample data with the null hypothesis: it is the probability of observing a result at least as extreme as the actual observed result, assuming $H_0$ is true. If $p \le \alpha$, we reject $H_0$.
Sample Question 5
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
Under what circumstance is a One-Sample $z$-test chosen over a One-Sample $t$-test to test a claim about a population mean $\mu$?
A
When the population standard deviation $\sigma$ is known (or sample size is very large by CLT)
B
When sample size is small ($n < 30$) and $\sigma$ is unknown
C
When data is qualitative ordinal ranks
D
When comparing three population variances
✓ Correct Answer: A - When the population standard deviation $\sigma$ is known (or sample size is very large by CLT)
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
The $z$-test requires known population variance $\sigma^2$ (or very large samples where $s \approx \sigma$). When $\sigma$ is unknown and estimated by sample standard deviation $s$, the Student's $t$-test is mandated.
Sample Question 6
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
What is the critical value of $Z$ for a two-tailed hypothesis test at the standard 5% level of significance ($\alpha = 0.05$)?
A
$\pm 1.96$
B
$\pm 1.645$
C
$\pm 2.576$
D
$\pm 3.00$
✓ Correct Answer: A - $\pm 1.96$
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
For a two-tailed test with $\alpha = 0.05$, each tail contains an area of $\alpha/2 = 0.025$. The standard normal critical values bounding the central 95% region are $Z = \pm 1.96$.
Sample Question 7
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
When comparing the mean test scores of the SAME group of students before and after an educational intervention, which test is appropriate?
A
Paired-Samples $t$-test (Dependent $t$-test)
B
Independent Two-Sample $t$-test
C
Chi-square test of independence
D
Kruskal-Wallis test
✓ Correct Answer: A - Paired-Samples $t$-test (Dependent $t$-test)
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
A paired (dependent) $t$-test evaluates matched pairs or repeated measures on the same subjects, analyzing the differences $d_i = x_{after} - x_{before}$ with $n - 1$ degrees of freedom to remove between-subject variability.
Sample Question 8
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Easy • Statistics
In a contingency table with $r$ rows and $c$ columns, what are the degrees of freedom for the Pearson Chi-Square test of independence ($\chi^2$)?
A
$(r - 1) \times (c - 1)$
B
$r \times c$
C
$r + c - 1$
D
$(r - 1) + (c - 1)$
✓ Correct Answer: A - $(r - 1) \times (c - 1)$
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
In a two-way contingency table, row and column marginal totals impose constraints, leaving exactly $(r - 1)(c - 1)$ cell frequencies that can vary freely.
Sample Question 9
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Medium • Statistics
In a Chi-Square goodness-of-fit test, what is the standard recommended minimum expected frequency ($E_{ij}$) in each cell to ensure test validity?
A
At least 5
B
At least 1
C
At least 30
D
At least 100
✓ Correct Answer: A - At least 5
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
Under Cochran's rule for chi-square validity, no cell should have an expected frequency less than 1, and at least 80% of cells (or all cells in a $2 \times 2$ table) should have expected frequencies of at least 5. If violated, Yates' correction or Fisher's exact test is used.
Sample Question 10
Hypothesis Testing, Regression & ANOVA
Medium • Statistics
When cell counts in a $2 \times 2$ contingency table are very small (e.g., expected frequencies < 5), which non-parametric test calculates the EXACT hyper-geometric probability of the observed table?
A
Fisher's Exact Test
B
Pearson's Chi-Square test
C
Mann-Whitney U test
D
Wald test
✓ Correct Answer: A - Fisher's Exact Test
📖 Step-by-Step Solution & Conceptual Rationale:
Fisher's Exact Test computes exact hyper-geometric probabilities without asymptotic approximations, making it the gold standard for small-sample $2 \times 2$ contingency analyses.
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