Please help.......QUESTION 23 Empty cells in an SPSS worksheet indicate ______. a. outliers b. missing values c. standard errors d. data entry errors

QUESTION 24 Researchers should screen datasets carefully so that the ______. a. results will have maximum practical significance b. results of their analyses will not be biased c. probability of rejecting the null hypothesis is increased d. overlap of confidence intervals will be minimized 2.22 points

QUESTION 25 When an analysis based on the general linear model is planned, an important assumption is that ______. a. are skewed to one tail of the distribution, but not both tails b. have a mean of 1.00 for all values of the predictor variables c. have equal variances for all values of the predictor variables d. residuals for all variables are dependent on each other

QUESTION 26 In order to reduce or remove skewness from a distribution, a researcher can consider ______. a. adding a minimum of five points to each score b. adjusting the expected p values c. ignoring residuals d. removing outliers

QUESTION 27 A researcher who eliminates participants in the comparison group whose scores on an important variable overlap scores in the experimental group in order to obtain a p value < .05 is practicing ______. a. power analysis b. replication c. p-hacking d. HARKing

QUESTION 28 The most direct way to assess whether a linear relationship exists between two variables is to ______. a. calculate the Mahalanobis distance scores b. regress X on Y c. regress X2 on Y d. examine a bivariate scatterplot

QUESTION 29 If a researcher constructing a correlation matrix based on six variables eliminates any participant who does not have a score for all six variables, the deletion method is said to be ______. a. truncatation b. listwise c. Winsorizing d. pairwise

QUESTION 30 If a researcher constructing a correlation matrix based on six variables includes all participants who have scores for both variables in any given pair of variables, the deletion method is said to be ______. a. listwise b. truncatation c. pairwise d. Winsorizing

QUESTION 31 A reader of a journal article interested in a description of how outliers were detected and handled used in a study should find this information in the ______. a. Results section b. Discussion section c. Method section d. Introduction

QUESTION 32 A reader of a journal article interested in a description of how the sample used in a study should find this information in the ______. a. Introduction b. Results section c. Discussion section d. Method section

QUESTION 33 A reader of a journal article interested in learning about any imputation methods used in a study should find this information in the ______. a. Method section b. Results section c. Introduction d. Discussion section

QUESTION 34 A reader of a journal article interested in learning about the ways in which missing data may have affected the generalizability of a study should find this information in the ______. a. Method section b. Results section c. Introduction d. Discussion section

QUESTION 35 The process of examining the effect of one variable on a second variable while taking the effect of a third variable into account is ______. a. statistical control b. multiple imputation c. linear transformation d. implicit measurement

QUESTION 36 A major goal of statistical control is to ______. a. eliminate the need for temporal precedence b. prove the existence of cause and effect relationships c. rule out some potential rival explanations d. control for all possible rival explanations

QUESTION 37 A researcher using regression analysis to analyze data collected in a study designed to assess the relationship between stress and job satisfaction while controlling for the participant's locus of control using partial correlation is interested in ______. a. measurement control b. experimental control c. participant control d. statistical control

QUESTION 38 In a regression analysis designed to control for a third variable, the third variable is a ______. a. covariate b. ratio variable c. comparison variable d. multivariable

QUESTION 39 A student reading a journal article reporting a partial correlation analysis needs to know that in the formula r 1y.2, that the variable being controlled is indicated by _____. a. r b. 1 c. y d. 2

QUESTION 40 When no variables are statistically controlled in a bivariate correlation, the correlation is said to be ______. a. distribution free b. zero order c. partial d. cubic

QUESTION 41 When a single variable is controlled in a partial correlation, the correlation is described as a ______. a. second-order correlation b. nonparametric correlation c. univariate correlation d. first-order correlation

QUESTION 42 A researcher who reports the partial correlation between task role clarity and job satisfaction while controlling for employees' perception of work group functioning is reporting a ______. a. second-order correlation b. nonparametric correlation c. first-order correlation d. univariate correlation

QUESTION 43 A researcher is providing counseling to a group of people who are recovering from a natural disaster. If the researcher reports the partial correlation between general anxiety and ability to cope with stressful situations while controlling for depression and self-esteem in the group, the researcher is reporting a ______. a. univariate correlation b. second-order correlation c. first order correlation d. nonparametric correlation

QUESTION 44 Which of the following notations would be used to denote the partial correlation between Y and X 1, controlling for X 2? a. rY1.2 b. r21.Y c. r12.Y d. rY2.1

QUESTION 45 The difference between a predicted Y score and the original Y score is the ______. a. regression coefficient b. predictor variable c. constant d. residual