UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT (Sialkot Sub Campus)

MIDTERM EXAMINATION FALL-2019

Course Title: Applied stat II Name : _____________________ Max. Marks:5
Course Code: psy-402 Roll No: _____________________ Time: 10 mints
Cutting, overwriting, Erasing, Fluid Painting and use of Lead Pencil will earn no marks. Attempt all questions of the objective portion
on the question paper.
OBJECTIVE

Question#01:

1).Which one of the following is the complement of alpha?

a) Type I error c) Type II error

b) Statistical Power d) the confidence coefficient

2). In order to reduce the likelihood of committing a Type II error, the researcher could

a) decrease the level of significance c) increase the confidence coefficient

b) Increase the sample size d) decrease the sample size

3. Which of the following measures how close the observed sample statistic has come to the
hypothesized population parameter?

a).confidence coefficient b).level of significance

c).test statistic d).sample size

4). Which of the following statements is false?

a) The statement of Ho (null hypothesis) always contains equality.

b) Ho (null hypothesis) refers to a specified value of a sample statistic. Refer to Section 9.1,
"Hypothesis-Testing Methodology," (p. 328).

c) The statement of Ha (alternate hypothesis) never contains equality.

d) Ho (null hypothesis) refers to a specified value of the population parameter.

5). If an individual rejects a true null hypothesis, then she/he has:

a) made a Type I error. b) Made a correct decision to reject the null hypothesis.

c) made a Type II error. d) increased the power of a statistical test.

 UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT(Sialkot Sub Campus)
MIDTERM EXAMINATION FALL-2019
Course Title: Applied Stat II Name : _____________________ Max. Marks:20
Course Code: STAT-402 Roll No: _____________________ Time: 80mints
Cutting, overwriting, Erasing, Fluid Painting and use of Lead Pencil will earn no marks. Attempt all questions of the subjective
portion on the answer sheet.
SUBJECTIVE

Question # 02: (10 Marks).

i. Give the general procedure for Testing a Hypothesis.

ii. The achievement score of 10 students before and after practice are given below. Does
practice make a significant difference in the achievement scores?

Students: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Before scores; 70 65 90 95 80 90 65 75 80 60

After score 120 80 110 105 110 135 115 82 110 80

Question #03: (5+5=10 Marks).

a).Explain the following terms;

i. Degree of freedom
ii. Level of significance
iii. Alternative hypothesis
iv. Null hypothesis

b).A researcher is interested in knowing whether management graduates have higher achievement
motivation than science graduates. The mean achievement motivation for science is 26 and the mean
score is 39 and SD 8 for management graduates. Compute Z to test the above mentioned hypothesis.