Chapter 11 SAGE Premium Video Quiz
Review (updated) questions n answers
When computing a t-test, which of the following is vital information? - correct answer ✔✔mean
If you sampled well, your sample mean is likely to be _______________the population mean. - correct
answer ✔✔similar to
In a t-test, if the two sample means overlap by more than _______________, you would accept the null
(there is no difference between the two groups). - correct answer ✔✔5%
A t-test tests the difference between _______________ sample means. - correct answer ✔✔two
The ____________________ is the denominator of the t-test. - correct answer ✔✔standard error of the
difference
Imagine you have two populations of one million people each. These two populations are exactly the
same. You sample 5,000 people from each sample and conduct a t-test to compare the mean scores. The
results indicate that the samples are significantly different at the .01 level. Given that you know the
populations are exactly the same, how should you explain this result? - correct answer ✔✔sampling
error
Review (updated) questions n answers
When computing a t-test, which of the following is vital information? - correct answer ✔✔mean
If you sampled well, your sample mean is likely to be _______________the population mean. - correct
answer ✔✔similar to
In a t-test, if the two sample means overlap by more than _______________, you would accept the null
(there is no difference between the two groups). - correct answer ✔✔5%
A t-test tests the difference between _______________ sample means. - correct answer ✔✔two
The ____________________ is the denominator of the t-test. - correct answer ✔✔standard error of the
difference
Imagine you have two populations of one million people each. These two populations are exactly the
same. You sample 5,000 people from each sample and conduct a t-test to compare the mean scores. The
results indicate that the samples are significantly different at the .01 level. Given that you know the
populations are exactly the same, how should you explain this result? - correct answer ✔✔sampling
error
