Total Quality Management

251. If the F-Value calculated from the data is 5.0, the result is statistically significant

  1. Always
  2. Sometimes
  3. Never
  4. Illogical Question
Correct answer: (B)
Sometimes

252. Two factors are said to interact when

  1. the simple main effects of one factor are not homogeneous across all levels of the other.
  2. the simple main effects of one factor are homogeneous across the levels of the other.
  3. there are neither main effects nor simple main effects.
  4. there are no main effects.
Correct answer: (A)
the simple main effects of one factor are not homogeneous across all levels of the other.

253. Which of these characterizes a factorial design?

  1. One in which there is a single independent variable.
  2. One in which there is more than one independent variable
  3. One in which the researcher wants to investigate the interactions between variables
  4. Both B and C
Correct answer: (D)
Both B and C

254. What statistic is used to check the significance of the Kruskal-Wallis test?

  1. Mean rank
  2. Partial
  3. t-value
  4. Chi squared
Correct answer: (D)
Chi squared

255. What is the appropriate statistical test for a factorial design?

  1. the Modes test
  2. ANOVA
  3. t-test
  4. chi-square
Correct answer: (B)
ANOVA

256. Give the F test for the interaction effect of factors A and B.

  1. F = (SSABB )/MSE
  2. F = (SSA)/MSE + (SSB)/MSE
  3. F = (MSA)/MSE + (MSB)/MSE
  4. F = (MSAB)/MSE
Correct answer: (D)

F = (MSAB)/MSE

257. The Kruskal-Wallis is based upon the ______________ test.

  1. Pearson's r
  2. Wilcoxon
  3. Mann Whitney
  4. Friedman
Correct answer: (C)
Mann Whitney

258. In a factorial experiments, we

  1. test one factor at a time
  2. cannot estimate interactions
  3. test all possible combination of factor levels are tested
  4. all of these
Correct answer: (C)
test all possible combination of factor levels are tested

259. What is the Variation due to Memory?

  1. 84%
  2. 76%
  3. 19%
  4. 5%
Correct answer: (B)
76%

260. In a factorial design, a(an) ______________ between independent variables indicates that the effect of one independent variable is different at different levels of the other independent variable.

  1. main effect
  2. factorial effect
  3. interaction
  4. moderation
Correct answer: (C)
interaction
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