In an APA-style parenthetical citation of a mean and standard deviation, which symbols are used?

Correct answer: M and SD

Explanation

This question tests knowledge of specific APA style conventions for presenting statistics parenthetically, which is crucial for formatting research papers correctly.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the definition of the mean of a distribution according to the key takeaways on descriptive statistics?

Question 2

What does the standard deviation of a distribution precisely describe?

Question 3

In the context of relationship strength, how is a Cohen's d value of plus or minus 0.80 generally categorized?

Question 4

How is a Pearson's r value of plus or minus 0.50 generally interpreted in terms of relationship strength?

Question 5

According to APA style rules for presenting numerical results, how should results typically be rounded?

Question 6

Which of the following is a key guideline for using graphs and tables in an APA-style article?

Question 7

What is the recommended action for handling outliers that are believed to be the result of an error or misunderstanding?

Question 8

What is the correct definition of a score's percentile rank?

Question 9

What is the recommended approach for handling excluded data?

Question 10

According to the key takeaways, which of the following is considered a preliminary analysis that should be performed on any data set?

Question 11

In the data set from the first exercise (11, 8, 9, 12, 9, 10, 12, 13, 11, 13, 12, 6, 10, 17, 13, 11, 12, 12, 14, 14), what is the mode?

Question 12

What is the range for the data set presented in the first exercise (11, 8, 9, 12, 9, 10, 12, 13, 11, 13, 12, 6, 10, 17, 13, 11, 12, 12, 14, 14)?

Question 13

What is the mean for the hypothetical extraversion scores provided in the exercises (8, 10, 4, 6, 12, 14, 10, 11, 4, 13, 5, 7, 8, 11, 10)?

Question 14

In a dataset, a score of 9 has three scores below it out of a total of 20 scores. What is the percentile rank for the score of 9?

Question 15

If a score is 20, the distribution mean is 15, and the standard deviation is 2.5, what is the z-score?

Question 16

Which measure of central tendency is defined as the middle score of a distribution?

Question 17

What does a z-score measure?

Question 18

How are differences between groups or conditions typically described and presented?

Question 19

What is the formula for Cohen's d?

Question 20

How is Pearson's r, a measure of relationship strength, defined?

Question 21

According to APA style, which of these numbers should be expressed using numerals rather than words in a research paper?

Question 22

What is the primary purpose of raw data preparation before analysis?

Question 23

Why is it important to understand descriptive statistics first, before moving on to inferential statistics?

Question 24

How is a Cohen's d value of plus or minus 0.20 interpreted according to the text's guidelines?

Question 25

How should correlations between quantitative variables typically be presented graphically?

Question 26

What is the median for the following set of scores: 2, 3, 3, 4, 8, 12, 14?

Question 28

What type of distribution has one distinct peak?

Question 29

What is the mean of the scores on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for the 10 Japanese students in the exercise data (25, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 21, 24, 20, 26)?

Question 30

What is the mean of the scores on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for the 10 American students in the exercise data (27, 30, 34, 37, 26, 24, 28, 35, 33, 36)?

Question 31

How is a Pearson's r value of plus or minus 0.30 interpreted?

Question 32

What are the three statistics used to precisely describe the central tendency of a distribution?

Question 33

What are the two measures used to precisely describe the variability of a distribution?

Question 34

How can the location of a single score within its distribution be described?

Question 35

What is the first step in preparing raw data for analysis?

Question 36

A distribution is described as having its shape described in words, including whether it is symmetrical or what?

Question 37

The exercise data on extraversion has scores of 4 appearing twice. If we consider the full dataset of 15 scores (8, 10, 4, 6, 12, 14, 10, 11, 4, 13, 5, 7, 8, 11, 10), what is the percentile rank for the score of 4?

Question 38

In the data for the first practice exercise, what is the percentile rank for a score of 9, given the dataset is (6, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 17)?

Question 39

Which of the following describes the final step of handling outliers that are excluded from analysis?

Question 40

A research article reports a mean of 15.6789. According to APA style guidelines mentioned in the text, how should this be presented?

Question 41

The key takeaways state that descriptive statistics tell the story of what happened in a study. What is the relationship between descriptive and inferential statistics?

Question 42

What are the two key components that make up a description of a distribution's shape?

Question 43

When presenting results parenthetically in APA style, how would a mean of 4.5 and a standard deviation of 1.2 be written?

Question 44

In the list of preliminary analyses, what is the purpose of examining the distributions of individual variables?

Question 45

What is the primary reason for applying the criteria for excluding outliers consistently to all data?

Question 46

A student's score has a z-score of -1.0. What does this indicate about the score's location?

Question 47

If a distribution has a very long tail on the right side, how would its shape be described?

Question 48

What is the median for the following set of extraversion scores from the exercise: 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 14?

Question 49

Why are simple results most efficiently presented in the text rather than in a graph or table according to APA style?

Question 50

What two factors are primarily considered when making judgments about whether a sample relationship is statistically significant?