From BD's classes
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100

A two way factorial with 3 levels to factor A and 4 levels to factor B will need this many total observations to investigate the interaction between A and B

What is 24 ?

100

On 1000 degrees of freedom, what t statistic value will have approximately 97.5 % of other t-values less than it ?

What is 1.96 (or 2)

100

This GLIAC conference university is the closest to GVSU to the north.

What is Ferris State ?

100

In Canada, the awesome sport of curling has had its national championship won most often by the provinces of Manitoba & Alberta. In the USA, the national curling championship has been won most often by Wisconsin and this state

What is Minnesota?

100

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What is Lisbon ?

200

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What is the Breslow Day test ?

200

With no information from a pilot study , this value of p (or p*) will be most conservative when planning a study for inference about a single proportion.

What is 0.5

200

The Grand Rapids Griffins play in the Central Division of the AHL. Name another team in their division.

What are one of Chicago Wolves, Milwaukee Admirals, Rockford Icehogs, Iowa Wild, Texas Stars, Manitoba Moose ?

200

What Canadian entertainer is associated with each of these movie characters: Austin Powers, Shrek, and  Wayne Campbell (of Wayne's World)


Who is Mike Myers ?

200

BD's workplace prior to GVSU was in this city (a state capital)

What is Baton Rouge ?

300

This is a term for an adjustment performed after seeing evidence against a mean-variance equality in a Poisson regression.

What is Overdispersion ?

300

In a one sample situation, all else being the same: After multiplying the sample size by 4, the new width of a confidence interval will be multiplied by this amount

What is one half ?

300

This person is is going to be the first performer at the new Acrisure Amphitheater on May 15, 2026 

Who is Lionel Richie ?

300

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What is Toronto ?

300

Which of the following journals has BD not published in: Statistics in Medicine, Weed Science, Agribusiness, or The Annals of Statistics

What is the Annals of Statistics ?

400

A fitted generalized logit model involving a single continuous predictor and a response with 4 categories will have this many estimated parameters ? (including intercept(s))

What is 6 ?

400

There is more than one GVSU stats faculty member with a PhD. from a university in South Carolina. Name one. 

Who are Stephenson or  Shoultz ?

400

This is the first street to cross the Grand River if you were to walk south from the Siedman College of Business building.

What is Wealthy Street ?

400

This American border city has a Canadian counterpart with the same name and is at the northern end of Interstate 75

What is Sault St. Marie ?

400

An ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, the song 'My Prerogative' was really that by this Bobby in 1988.

Who is Bobby Brown ?

500

This multiple comparison test was mentioned in STA 610 as being appropriate when comparing new drugs to a control or standard drug

What is Dunnett's test

500

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4 D1 Football titles

500

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Two from Central Michigan University, University of Cincinatti, Notre Dame

500

Dominant Canadian Mens Olympic Hockey Teams beat the USA for the gold medal in 2002 & 2010 in these 2 North American cities

What are Salt Lake City and Vancouver.

500

A winner of 2 Stanley Cups (1970, 1972) and 8 consecutive Norris trophies (1968-1975) in the NHL, this famous Bob was BD's childhood hero.

Who is Bobby Orr ?