1. ANOVA tests use which of the following distributions?

a. Z b. t c. F d. Chi-square
2. Which of the following statistical concepts is used to test differences in the means for more than two
independent populations?
a. Multiple t test b. Confidence interval
c. Regression analysis d. Analysis of variance
3. Determining the table value for the F distribution is different than finding values for the t distribution
because the F table requires which of the following?
a. no degree of freedom terms b. values for alpha and beta
c. one degree of freedom term d. two degree of freedom terms
4. The one-way ANOVA is used to test statistical hypotheses concerning which of the following?
a. Proportions b. Standard deviations c. Means d. Variances
5. In a one-way ANOVA F test, the “among-group” variation is attributable to what source of variation?
a. Residual variation b. Unexplained variation
c. Experimental error d. Treatment effects
6. In a one-way ANOVA, if the computed F value exceeds the critical F value, what decision is made
regarding the null hypothesis?
a. Do not reject H0 because a mistake has been made.
b. Reject H0 since there is evidence that all means differ.
c. Do not reject H0 since there is no evidence of a difference.
d. Reject H0 since there is evidence of a treatment effect.
7. Which of the following ANOVA components are not additive?
a. Degrees of freedom b. Mean squares c. Sum of squares
b. All of the above are additive
8. The Tukey-Kramer procedure is used for which of the following purposes?
a. Test for independence of errors b. Test for differences in pairwise means
c. Test for normality d. Test for homogeneity of variance
9. Which of the following formulas is used to calculate the F statistic for a one-way ANOVA experiment?
a. MSW/MSA b. SSW/SSA c. SSA/SSW d. MSA/MSW
10. Which of the following F tests is used in a two-way ANOVA?
a. MSB/MSE b. MSE/MSA c. MSE/MSB d. MSE/MSAB
11. In a two-way ANOVA, how many degrees of freedom exist for the interaction term?
a. (r – 1) b. rcn + 1 c. (r – 1)(c – 1) d. rc(n – 1)
12. In a one-way ANOVA, how many degrees of freedom exist for the F test?
a. (c – 1) and (n – c) b. (n – 1) and (c – n)
c. (c – n) and (n – 1) d. (n – c) and (c – 1)
13. In a one-way ANOVA, which of the following statements is correct?
a. An interaction can be tested. b. An interaction is present.
c. There are multiple interactions. d. There is no interaction.
14. In a two-way ANOVA, how many degrees of freedom are used for the error term?
a. rc(n – 1) b. (r – 1) c. rcn + 1 d. (r – 1)(c – 1)
15. A completely randomized design has 3 different treatments and a total of 30 measurements in the study.
For alpha = 0.0.5, which of the following indicates the critical F value?
a. 4.24 b. 3.35 c. 19.45 d. 39.46
16. The sampling distribution used when making inferences about a single population variance is the
a. t distribution with (n - 1) degrees of freedom d. none of the above
b. chi-square distribution with (n - 1) degrees of freedom
c. F distribution with (n - 1) degrees of freedom for the numerator and (n - 1) degrees of freedom for
the denominator
17. The sampling distribution of the ratio of two independent sample variances extracted from normal
populations with equal variances is the
a. t distribution b. chi-square distribution c. F distribution
d. normal distribution e. none of the above
18. X^2.90 with 20 degrees of freedom is
a. 28.412 b. 27.204 c. 11.651 d. 12.443 e. none of the above
19. To avoid the problem of not having access to tables of F distribution with values given for the lower tail
when a two-tailed test is required, let the sample with the smaller sample variance be
a. the numerator of the test statistic b. the denominator of the test statistic
c. It makes no difference how the ratio is set up d. none of the above
20. A sample of 20 cans of tomato juice showed a standard deviation of 0.4 ounces. A 95% confidence interval
estimate for the variance of the population is
a. 0.2313 to 0.8533 b. 0.2224 to 0.7924 c. 0.0889 to 0.3169 d. 0.0925 to 0.3413
21. A process is in control if the maximum variance is .05. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
A sample of size 26 showed a sample variance of .06. Is the process in control?
a. Ho: s2 ³0.05 b. Ho: s2 > 0.05 c. Ho: s2 < 0.05
d. Ho:s2 £ 0.05 e. none of the above
22. A process is in control if the maximum variance is .05. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
A sample of size 26 showed a sample variance of .06. the value of the test statistic is
a. 104 b. 20.83 c. 37.65 d. 26.00 e. none of the above
23. A process is in control if the maximum variance is .05. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
A sample of size 26 showed a sample variance of .06. The critical value at 95% confidence is
a. 14.611 b. 15.379 c. 37.652 d. 38.885 e. none of the above
24. The F.05 value with 20 numerator degrees of freedom and 30 denominator degrees of freedom is
a. 1.93 b. 1.94 c. 2.20 d. 2.55 e. none of the above
25. A sample of 40 items from population 1 has a sample variance of 8 while a sample of 60 items from
population 2 has a sample variance of 10. If we test whether the variances of the two populations are equal,
the test statistic will have a value of
a. 0.8 b. 1.56 c. 1.5 d. 1.25 e. none of the above
26. The chi-square value with area to the right of .10 with 16 degrees of freedom is
a. 9.31223 b. 22.3072 c. 23.5418 d. 26.2962
27. The chi-square value with area to the left of .05 with 12 degrees of freedom is
a. 4.57481 b. 5.22603 c. 19.6751 d. 21.0261
28. When a sample variance of 25 is obtained from a sample of 10 items from a normal population, the 80%
confidence interval for a population variance is
a. 12.3 to 57.1 b. 13.3 and 67.7 c. 14.1 to 46.25 d. 15.3 to 53.98
29. A maximum acceptable standard deviation for a process is 0.5. To test this, which would be the appropriate
null hypothesis?
a. m> 0.5 b. s < 0.5 c. s £ 0.5 d. s ¹0.5 e. None of the above
30. A maximum acceptable standard deviation for a process is 0.5. A sample of size 20 is taken from a normal
distribution, giving s = 0.6. The appropriate decision with a = .05 is
a. reject the null hypothesis b. do not reject the null hypothesis
31. When a sample variance of 25 is obtained from a sample of 10 items from a normal population, the 90%
confidence interval for a population variance is
a. 12.3 to 57.1 b. 13.3 and 67.7 c. 14.1 to 46.25 d. 15.3 to 53.98
32. The sampling distribution of the ratio of independent sample variances from two normally distributed
populations with equal variances is the
a. chi-square distribution b. normal distribution c. F distribution d. t distribution
33. The F value with area to the right of .025 with numerator degrees of freedom 12 and denominator degrees
of freedom 10 is
a. 2.91 b. 3.37 c. 3.62 d. 4.71
34. These sample results were obtained for independent random samples from two normally distributed
populations.
Sample 1 Sample 2
Sample Size 10 16
Sample Variance 25 20
 Using a .05 level of significance, one critical value needed to use the F test for the equality of the
population variances is
a. 2.59 b. 3.01 c. 3.12 d. 3.89
35. These sample results were obtained for independent random samples from two normally distributed
populations.
Sample 1 Sample 2
Sample Size 10 16
Sample Variance 25 20
The value of the test statistic F is
a. .13 b. .5 c. 1.12 d. 1.25
36. These sample results were obtained for independent random samples from two normally distributed
populations.
Sample 1 Sample 2
Sample Size 10 16
Sample Variance 25 20
Using a .05 level of significance, which conclusion would be reached for these data?
a. There is a statistically significant difference between the variances of the two populations.
b. There is no statistically significant difference between the variances of the two populations.
c. Insufficient data - can't tell in this case.