Experimental design and correlation concepts

STA 112. Practice questions, not past papers.

Lessons

• Randomisation, replication and local control
• Association and scope of inference

Practice questions

1. Which design principle assigns treatments by chance?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q224; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

2. Which principle provides independent units receiving the same treatment?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q225; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

3. Blocking is an example of which design principle?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q226; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

4. An observational correlation alone supports which conclusion?

   Statistics study edition practice item Q227; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

5. Assigning treatments by chance is _____.

   Statistics study edition practice item F074; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

6. Blocking is a form of local _____.

   Statistics study edition practice item F075; Source: S65; S60, S62 contextual mentions

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