The Language of ANOVA
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1. Do mental health counselors with doctoral degrees earn a higher yearly income than those with masters degrees 5 years post graduation? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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2. Are patient depression scores different depending on patient's family status: single, married, or married with children? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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3. What are the effects of training group (blue, red or yellow group) and gender on work performance scores? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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4. Taking into consideration SAT scores, is there a difference in the first year GPA for students who have or have not selected a major by the end of the first year? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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5. Is there a relationship between age and hours of sleep? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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7. How much of the variance in annual income can be explained by years of education, and years of experience and which is a better predictor of yearly income? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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8. Is there a relationship between years of education and income? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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9. Does SAT score predict GPA at the end of Freshman year in college? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis
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10. Is BMI score or time spent exercising a better predictor of physical fitness scores? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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Language of Association and Prediction
1. Is there a significant decrease in body weight for patients after participating in a 7 week special weight loss diet? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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2. What is the relationship between gender (male/female) and high school degree (yes/ no)? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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3. Does the distribution of the educators (highschool, college, and graduate school) attending the conference differ than what one would expect by chance? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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4. Is there a difference in SAT scores for high school seniors attending Bass High, Flounder High and Minnow High? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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5. Is there a relationship between job satisfaction and vacation time? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
6. Does the amount of vacation days predict greater job satisfaction? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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7. Is salary or perceived job stability (on a scale of 1-10) a better predictor of job satisfaction scores? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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8. What is the relationship between college degree (yes/no) and employment full time (yes/no)? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis
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9. Does the distribution of college majors at This University (psychology, education or business) differ from the expected 20%, 20%, 60% respectively? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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10. The CEO of Company Z recommends that employee breakdown should be : 10% upper management, 20% lower management and 70% sales representatives. Does the current employee breakdown abide by the CEO's recommendation? Provide the IV, DV, Covariate, and best method of analysis.
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