A statistical test has more power to detect an effect if the effect size is ______.

  • Equal to the sample size
  • Large
  • Small
  • Unchanged
The power of a test is influenced by the effect size - the magnitude of the difference or relationship you're testing for. Larger effect sizes increase the power of a test because they create a larger signal relative to the noise, making it easier to detect an effect if one exists.

How does the height of a bar in a histogram relate to the frequency of the data?

  • It has no relation with the frequency
  • It represents the cumulative frequency
  • It represents the mean frequency
  • It represents the relative frequency
The height of a bar in a histogram represents the frequency (or relative frequency) of data for that particular bin. This means the taller the bar, the more data falls into that specific interval.

What is the purpose of 'normalization' or 'standardization' in the pre-processing step of cluster analysis?

  • To decrease the number of clusters
  • To ensure that all features contribute equally to the distance calculation
  • To handle missing values
  • To increase the computational complexity
Normalization or standardization ensures that all features contribute equally to the final distance calculation, regardless of their original scale. Without this step, features with larger scales would dominate the distance calculation, potentially leading to misleading clusters.

Conditional independence of A and B given C means that knowing that C has occurred does not change the ________ between A and B.

  • Difference
  • Intersection
  • Ratio
  • Relationship
Conditional independence of A and B given C means that knowing that C has occurred does not change the relationship between A and B. In other words, the occurrence of event C does not affect the independence of events A and B.

What is the assumption made when computing the Pearson correlation coefficient?

  • The correlation is zero
  • The variables are independent
  • The variables are normally distributed
  • There is a linear relationship between variables
When computing the Pearson correlation coefficient, it is assumed that there is a linear relationship between the variables. Furthermore, it's also assumed that the variables are continuous and that the data is homoscedastic (i.e., the variance of the errors is the same across all levels of the variables).

How is the variance related to the standard deviation in a data set?

  • The variance is the average of the standard deviation
  • The variance is the square of the standard deviation
  • The variance is the square root of the standard deviation
  • The variance is twice the standard deviation
The variance is the square of the standard deviation. Standard deviation is a measure of dispersion in a dataset and variance is a square of it, meaning that they both represent the same concept of dispersion, but in different units.

What does kurtosis measure in a dataset?

  • Central tendency
  • Dispersion
  • Skewness
  • The "tailedness" of the distribution
Kurtosis is a statistical measure that defines how heavily the tails of a distribution differ from the tails of a normal distribution. In other words, kurtosis identifies whether the tails of a given distribution contain extreme values.

What is the concept of "Type I" error in the context of hypothesis testing?

  • Failing to reject a false null hypothesis
  • Failing to reject a true alternative hypothesis
  • Rejecting a false alternative hypothesis
  • Rejecting a true null hypothesis
A Type I error in hypothesis testing is the incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often signified by the Greek letter alpha (α). In other words, a Type I error happens when the researcher incorrectly concludes that the null hypothesis is false when, in fact, it is true.

When can we apply the Chi-square test for goodness of fit?

  • When the data are continuously distributed
  • When the data are normally distributed
  • When we have categorical data and want to see if it follows a specific distribution
  • When we want to compare means
The Chi-square test for goodness of fit is used when we have categorical data and we want to see if the data follows a specific distribution.

How does Spearman's Rank Correlation react to outliers as compared to Pearson's correlation?

  • Both are equally sensitive to outliers
  • Less sensitive to outliers
  • More sensitive to outliers
  • Neither is sensitive to outliers
Spearman's Rank Correlation is less sensitive to outliers than Pearson's correlation. This is because Spearman's correlation is based on rank orders rather than raw data values, making it more robust against outliers.