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  1. 1*******A researcher was assessing customer satisfaction with MakeMebeautiful, a new beauty product. He had a sample size of 75 and a p-value of 0.10. Does the researcher recommend that the company stop promoting this product?
    1. AYes, because statistical significance has nothing to do with sample size.
    2. BNo, because the sample size is large and therefore the p-values are accurate.
    3. CYes, because the sample has low confidence levels
    4. DNo, because the sample size is small and p-values are easily affected by sample size
  2. 2An HR manager was interested in employee use of company on-site gyms across twenty sites. Different researchers collected and analysed data across each of the sites but the resultant twenty reports showed differing p-values, some sites found a statistical significance between opening hours of on-site gyms and employee usage and others did not. Which of the following would it useful for her to review?
    1. ALevels of missing data
    2. BOutliers
    3. CConfidence intervals
    4. DThe Null Hypotheses
  3. 3A recruitment analyst wanted to examine the likelihood that advertising on social media is more effective than in print media for recruiting the best candidates. She conducted one study where the probability of making a Type I error was 0.05 and a Type II error was 0.2. Does her research have empirical probability?
    1. ANo, to have empirical probability the likelihood of an effect being detected requires a series of repeated identical experiments, where the probability of making a Type I error is above 0.05 and a Type II error is 0.2.
    2. BNo, to have empirical probability the likelihood of an effect being detected requires a series of repeated identical experiments, where the probability of making a Type I error is 0.05 and a Type II error is 0.2.
    3. CYes, to have empirical probability the likelihood of an effect being detected requires a single experiment, where the probability of making a Type I error is above 0.05 and a Type II error is 0.2.
    4. DNo, to have empirical probability the likelihood of an effect being detected requires a single experiment, where the probability of making a Type I error is above 0.05 and a Type II error is 0.1.
  4. 4A trainee data analyst for a large social media company, which has falling site usage, has just completed a study into factors that affect site users’ satisfaction levels. However, he finds only one statistically significant factor, which he includes in his report, but he deliberately omits the other six non-significant findings. What is the term for what the data analyst has done?
    1. Ap-hacking
    2. BHARKing
    3. CMeta analysis
    4. DBayesian analysis
  5. 5Your CEO has followed your advice and now wants you to measure effect sizes. You report a Pearson’s r of 0.50 for the impact of Unblock Me Now drain cleaner on reducing drain blockage time. Your CEO wants to know if this is bad, as she remembers that a p-value of 0.30 is not good. What do you tell her?
    1. AYou tell her that effect size and p-values are the same and that a Pearson’s r of 0.50 means there is no statistically significant effect. Unblock Me Now should cease production.
    2. BYou tell her that effect size and p-values are not the same and that a Pearson’s r of 0.50 is a large effect, suggesting she should rollout the launch of Unblock Me Now.
    3. C.
      You tell her that effect size and p-values are not the same and that a Pearson’s r of 0.50 is a small effect, suggesting she should stop the launch of Unblock Me Now until more data analysis is done.
    4. DYou tell her that effect size and p-values are not the same and that a Pearson’s r of 0.50 is a medium effect, suggesting she should rollout the launch of Unblock Me Now.
  6. 6********A researcher working in a Human Resources department was interested in gender and sales figures so he conducted a t-test. The mean for males was 66.25 and the mean for females was 78.24, with both groups having a standard deviation of 7. What is the effect size using Cohen’s d?
    1. A1.712
    2. B0
    3. C1.7
    4. D-1.713
  7. 7You lead a product-testing unit for a large pharmaceutical company. Your team has conducted forty trials of a new antibiotic but you are not sure if the results are conclusive enough to urge the company to start producing the new drug. A new data analyst has joined your team suggesting that meta-analysis might be a good idea, do you agree?
    1. AYes, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question and therefore we can calculate an average significance for the new drug.
    2. BYes, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question and therefore we can calculate an average effect size for the new drug
    3. CNo, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question we cannot calculate an average effect size for the new drug.
    4. DNo, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question we cannot calculate an average significance for the new drug.
  8. 8You conduct an experiment on whether a new treatment for chronic dry mouth is more effective than the traditional treatment at relieving chronic dry mouth. Analyzing your results, you calculate a Bayes factor of 0.5. What does this mean?
    1. AEvidence suggests that the new treatment is 5 times more likely than the traditional treatment at relieving chronic dry mouth.
    2. BEvidence suggests that the new treatment is 5 times less likely than the traditional treatment at relieving chronic dry mouth
    3. CEvidence suggests that the new treatment has a 5% chance of relieving chronic dry mouth
    4. D.
      Evidence suggests that the new treatment has a 5% chance of not relieving chronic dry mouth
  9. 9Which of the following is not a factor in data analysts’ over-use of p-values and NHST in business and marketing research?
    1. AStatistical software encourages the over-use of p-values.
    2. BTime constraints within research encourages quick results
    3. CPressure to get a significant result that CEOs can easily understand and apply
    4. DCompany bonus structures incentivise ‘results’.
  10. 10Your CEO has just read a book on criticisms of the NHST and worries that all company data analysis is now flawed and will lead to huge financial losses. How might you reassure her?
    1. ANHST does have its flaws but if we incorporate an examination of effect sizes into our analysis, we should be able to trust our research outputs.
    2. BNHST does have its flaws but everyone else uses it, therefore we should.
    3. CNHST is a flawless approach and the book was probably written by a disciple of the Bayesian approach
    4. DNHST is a flawless approach and we need to invest in more data analysts who are trained in it.

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