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Research Methods Multiple Choice

Question 1 of 19

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Participant subjects are generally discussed in which section of the APA formatted paper

Select one of the following:

  • introduction

  • results

  • discussion

  • method

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Question 2 of 19

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Each participant has an equal chance of receiving each level of the IV.

Select one of the following:

  • random selection

  • random assignment

  • experimental manipulation

  • experimental validity

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Question 3 of 19

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What is a construct?

Select one of the following:

  • testable statements/ predictions

  • an organized set of principles

  • complex and abstract variable that is not directly observable

  • characteristic that can take on different observable values

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Question 4 of 19

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is a concept in research ethics which states that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any clinical trial or other research study

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Question 5 of 19

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If all students in a given class claim their midterm is unfair they are concerned with which type of validity

Select one of the following:

  • internal

  • construct

  • external

  • content

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Question 6 of 19

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What is the relationship between validity and reliability?

Select one of the following:

  • measurement scale must be somewhat reliable in order to be valid

  • they are completely unrelated

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Question 7 of 19

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A assesses whether the means of two groups are statistically different from one another

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Question 8 of 19

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An assesses whether the means of several groups are all equal to or different from each other

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Question 9 of 19

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What are the three categories of research design?

Select one or more of the following:

  • experimental

  • quasi experimental

  • non experimental

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Question 10 of 19

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are a sample of a larger population of levels

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Question 11 of 19

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is used when there is more than one response variable

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Question 12 of 19

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are chosen for their specific level/type.

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Question 13 of 19

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measures the strength of the phenomenon

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Question 14 of 19

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have many levels of a particular thing such as faces or accidents.

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Question 15 of 19

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is the idea that you want to define your variables in specific testable terms and clarify exactly what you mean by a behavior.

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Question 16 of 19

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3 qualities of a good hypothesis:

Select one or more of the following:

  • testable

  • falsifiable

  • succient: to the point and simple

  • multidirectional

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Question 17 of 19

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A true experiment always uses

Select one or more of the following:

  • random assignment

  • manipulation

  • control

  • a good hypothesis

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Question 18 of 19

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One of the problems with is that they have a high chance of the third variable problem that the groups they are comparing are fundamentally different in some way.

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Question 19 of 19

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design compares two or more groups on a variable of interest, but those groups vary in some important way.

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