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The document presents a series of exercises related to statistical analysis in psychology, focusing on multiple regression analysis to study the effects of employment status on depression levels. It includes exercises on interpreting regression coefficients, analyzing gym methods' impact on physical endurance, and exploring variables related to child and adolescent obesity. The document emphasizes the importance of statistical significance and variability in psychological research.

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The document presents a series of exercises related to statistical analysis in psychology, focusing on multiple regression analysis to study the effects of employment status on depression levels. It includes exercises on interpreting regression coefficients, analyzing gym methods' impact on physical endurance, and exploring variables related to child and adolescent obesity. The document emphasizes the importance of statistical significance and variability in psychological research.

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SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE predictors, we obtain the following information after a multiple regression

DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS IN PSYCHOLOGY II (English group) analysis:


January, 2012
Partial 2 Coefficients a

Name: __________________________________________________________ Standardized


Identification number : ___________________________________________ Non standardized coefficients
coefficients
Model B Stand. Error Beta t Sig.
Exercise 1. We want to study if being employed (a1) or unemployed (a1)
1 (Constant) 11.662 2.584 4.513 .000
implies different results in the level of depression. Groups were considered
independent. Parametrical assumptions were not accepted. Sex -5.141 1.451 -.283 -3.545 .001
Age 4.301 1.466 .233 2.934 .004
Level of depression Acad. Perf. 1.041 .358 .222 2.912 .004
Employed 3.8 2.1 0.8 2.6 1.3 n1=5 a. Dependent variable: Bulling
Unemployed 3.2 4.5 5.2 2.9 7.1 6.8 n1=6
a) Specify the regression equation in raw scores and standardized scores. 1
Are there differences in the level of depression between employed and point.
unemployed people? (α = 0.05). 2.5 points. b) Interpret the regression coefficients of the equation in raw scores. Which
are significant and why? (α= 0.05). 1 point.
Exercise 2. We have a random sample of 12 people, randomly distributed into c) Calculate the mean score in Bulling (measured in points) of a boy of 13
three groups of 4 subjects each. We want to analyze the effect of three years old with 4 points in academic performance. 1 point.
different gym methods (A, B, C) on physical endurance. The results are the
following:
Exercise 4. We know the following information:
Method
A 6 5 8 4 X1 X2 X1 Y X2 Y
B 8 9 4 5
C 11 7 9 8
0.4 0.6
0.4
We know that the “within-group” sum of squares is 34,5.

Are there differences between gym methods? If it is possible, can you specify
between which concrete groups, using HSD Tukey? (α= 0.05). 2 points. We know that ry.12= 0,9. Calculate the proportions of variability represented by
the letters a, b, c, d and e in the following diagram: 2.5 points.
Exercise 3. In a particular research on the topic of child and adolescent
obesity in Spain we have studied a sample of 150 boys and girls with obesity.
Among other variables we have considered the following: Age (0=until 9 years Y
old, 1=from 10 to 18 years old), Sex (0=girl, 1=boy), Academic performance a
and Bulling. Using Bulling as the variable to be explained and the others as
d
b
c
X1 X2
e

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