A Study Examines the Risk of Overdose (Yes/no) and the Use

question 14

Multiple Choice

A study examines the risk of overdose (yes/no) and the use of hydromorphone (yes/no) in a sample of teens. What would be an appropriate test to use?

• A) Chi-square
• B) Independent t-test
• C) Dependent t-test
• D) McNemars test

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Definitions:

Salary

The fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.

Studentized Residuals

Residuals from a regression analysis that have been standardized to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.

R-Squared

A statistical measure that represents the portion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to describe the total variation of a dataset by summing the squares of the differences from the mean.