MSc 1st Assignment

Which of the following research methodology will you suggest to study various experiences of meditation?

What are the qualities of a good research question?

Literature is NOT useful for getting information about methodological details of earlier research.

Pubmed, Scopus, PsycINFO, Sciencedirect, are examples

The best source of literature review is

When p values is less than 0.05 we fail to reject the null hypothesis

Probability of rejecting a False Null Hypothesis is 0.45, then what is probability of Type II error

p value is the probability of making type I error (alpha error)

Rejecting a True Null Hypothesis is called

Sample is calculated before the study so that

Null Hypothesis: There is no difference in the memory scores between girls and boys. The p value observed was 0.043. What do you infer from the study?

Cohen's d is a measure of

A researcher conducts research in a clinic on patients who come to the clinic. What kind of sampling method would you consider this?

Selecting children only from Urban schools in Bangalore will pose threat to

A researcher unknowingly fails to control certain confounding variables and out of lack of knowledge fails to chooses wrong statistical tests, these will reduce

Test score of a student categorized into low medium and high class, is an example of

Subject variability is best controlled in a

A researcher wants to study the effect of long term yoga practice on a group of college students, which is the best design you would like to suggest

Choice of duration of washout period depends on

ANCOVA is