Name That Significance Test

NAME THAT SIGNIFICANCE TEST

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1. RQ: Does = the sex (female or male) of a sportscaster and the sex of the listener (female or = male) have a significant effect on the perceived authoritativeness (as measured = by McCroskey’s Ethos scale) of the sportscaster?

2. At least = two international organizations keep track of civilian casualties in Iraq: Human Rights Watch and www.IraqiBodyCount.org A researcher wants to know if the estimates of these two organizations agree over time. The researcher compares the two g= roups’ estimates of civilian casualties for each month over the past 24 months.&nb= sp; What statistical test is appropriate to see if their estimates agree significantly?

3. H: Prayer (intercessory prayer versus no intercessory prayer) will significantly imp= rove the recovery rates of cardiac bypass patients in hospitals. What statistical test would be used to see if prayer works?<= /p>

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4. H: Being overweight (based on BMI scores) will correlate negatively with self esteem (based on Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem scale). What statistical test should be used = to test this correlation?

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5. Two Speech Language Pathologists independently examine eight children for language delay. Each therapist ranks = orders the children from least delayed (#1) to most delayed (#8). What statistical test would determine if the two SLPs assessments were reliable= with one another?

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6. A gra= duate program in Communication Arts & Sciences wants to know if applicants&#= 8217; GRE scores, when they apply for admission to the graduate program, corresp= ond with their GPAs once they are enrolled in the graduate program. Based on the table below, do GRE = scores correlate with graduate GPAs? Use the SPSS software to determine the answer.

Student	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
GRE Score	710	610	640	580	545	560	610	530	560	540	570	560
GPA	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.2

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7. A res= earcher collects nominal data from a sample of voters, identifying them by age and political party affiliation. How can the researcher tell if there = is a significant difference in party affiliation by age?<= /b>

        =             &n= bsp;           &nbs= p;            =             &n= bsp; Voter’s party

Voter= 217;s age        =             &n= bsp;        Democrat        Republican

younger  &= nbsp;           8           &n= bsp;          4

older  &nb= sp;            = ;    13           &= nbsp;        29