When Applying the Concepts of Hits, False Positives, and False

question 16

Multiple Choice

When applying the concepts of hits, false positives, and false negatives, what will be true when the correlation between the test and criterion is zero?

• A) Hits will equal false positives
• B) Hits will equal false negatives
• C) Hits will equal false positives plus false negatives
• D) There will be no false positives

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, tested against the alternative hypothesis.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it depends on the chosen level of significance.

Test Statistic

A standardized value used in hypothesis testing to determine how far a sample statistic diverges from what is assumed in the null hypothesis.