QUESTION 1

An agency analyst seeks to utilize multiple regression analysis for a study on health care.She wants to specifically determine if the outcome of a policy is explained by other factors (such as staffing, budgets, technical resources).In this research design, policy outcome is the ______variable, while the other factors represent the ________variables.

	A.	Independent, dependent
	B.	Intermediate, Advanced
	C.	Dependent, independent
	D.	Cross-tab, functional

QUESTION 2

Professor Jones wants to adjust for the number of variables in her multiple regression equation so as to increase the predictive power of her newly added variable.To do so, she will use the:

	A.	Enhanced R-squared
	B.	Reactive R-squared
	C.	Multiplied R-squared
	D.	Adjusted R-squared

QUESTION 3

In measuring the outputs of her program, an analyst found that one of the independent variables she is using is a perfectly correlated to another, forcing her to use only one of the two in her multiple regression analysis.This is an example of:

	A.	Perfect magnitude
	B.	Flawless relatedness
	C.	Extreme correlation
	D.	Perfect multicollinearity

QUESTION 4

In conducting multiple regression analysis, a researcher must be aware that other factors and influences may also affect the standard error, such as:

	A.	How spread out the data are from the best-fit regression line
	B.	The amount of variation in the independent
	C.	All the other answers\All of the above
	D.	Whether the independent variables are highly correlated with one another

QUESTION 5

Professor Nguyen is interested in studying the effects of gender on shopping practices.In her study, she distinguishes between gender by having a variable which takes on the value of 1 for females and takes on the value of 0 for males. This is an example of using a(n):

	A.	Imperfect variable
	B.	Dummy variable
	C.	Identified variable
	D.	Coded variable

QUESTION 6

Professor Hernandez is interested in comparing the means of a dependent variable across treatment categories for an experimental research project she has conducted.She can use the method:

	A.	Assessment of rate
	B.	Analysis of indicators
	C.	Evaluation of change
	D.	Analysis of variance

QUESTION 7

An ____ variable is the product of two other variables, such as the product of the variables, hypertension and diabetes

	A.	Interface
	B.	Encompassing
	C.	Interrelated
	D.	Interaction

QUESTION 8

Researchers use ___ equations where the log odds of an event are predicted, and _______ equations where the probability is predicted.

	A.	Decimal, cyclical
	B.	Surface, interface
	C.	Focal, prospect
	D.	Logit, probit

QUESTION 9

In his research on college students, Professor Gupta is interested in grouping several of his variables on study habits into a smaller set of underlying factors which measure student success in college.He is using the method of:

	A.	Diminishment analysis
	B.	Multiple Regression analysis
	C.	Factor analysis
	D.	Reduction analysis

QUESTION 10

____ consist of repeated measures of the same variable from the same individuals over time.

	A.	Panel data
	B.	Cross sectional data
	C.	Time series data
	D.	Forecasted data