Research Methods III

Question 1 of 30

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What does the term psychometrics mean?

Select one of the following:

Psychological measurement
Physiological experiments
A set of matrices
A form of drug therapy

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

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A type of psychometric test is ability. What do these measure?

Select one of the following:

Measures of skill (speed, accuracy, IQ)
Measures of traits (temperament, disposition)
Measures of reinforcers
Measures of schedules

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

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If a measure is reliable, it will give ______________ scores when you take the measurement again

Select one of the following:

different
similar
contrasting
alternative

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

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What does a true score reflect?

Select one of the following:

The persons genuine ability, characteristic or potential
The persons predicted ability
The persons average ability
The persons conscious beliefs

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

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Reliability is determined by...

Select one of the following:

how much error variance is in the measurement
how many accurate responses an individual gives
the standard deviation
the squared variance

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

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If the test is not valid, it will not...

Select one of the following:

Allow accurate identification
Measure the intended construct
Predict behavior adequately
All of the answers

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

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An alpha coefficient of ________ is considered reliable.

Select one of the following:

.60
>.70
<.60
.55

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

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When conducting an Exploratory Factor Analysis....

Select one of the following:

Assume a given factor structure
Examines whether the data fit the pre- specified factor structure
You don’t make any assumptions about the underlying structure of the measure
You look at extraneous reinforcement

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

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What is an overall definition of a T-test?

Select one of the following:

Looking at differences in the Mean of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
Looking at differences in the Standard deviation of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
Looking at differences in the error of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
None of the answers

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

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How do you calculate Variance σ2?

Select one of the following:

Calculate the deviation of each score from the mean
Calculate the standard error of each score from the mean
Calculate the sums of squares score from the mean
Square root the standard error

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

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Standard Error is the term used to describe ...

Select one of the following:

the Standard Deviation of a number of sample means
the mean of a number of sample means
the error of a number of sample means
None of the answers

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

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To find the critical value you need...

Select one of the following:

The alpha level (usually α=.05)
The degrees of freedom
Whether the test is 1 or 2 tailed
All of the answers

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

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When using an independent samples t....

Select one of the following:

participants provide one data point
participants provide more than one data point
individual data points but we match pairs from each group on important variables
Every participant takes part in all the levels of the independent variable

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

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Average Error is also known as...

Select one of the following:

Variance
Standard deviations
Square roots
Squared variance

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

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Which of the following is NOT an example of predictive validity?

Select one of the following:

A questionnaire measure of enjoyment of social interactions correlates negatively with clinician-rated symptoms of social-anxiety
People who take more risks on a task designed to measure impulsive risk taking also use illegal substances more often.
People’s scores on two different self-report measures of depression are similar across multiple time points.
A questionnaire measure of schizophrenia symptoms distinguishes between people diagnosed with schizophrenia and people diagnosed with bipolar disorder

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

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A matched pairs design refers to which of the following...

Select one of the following:

All participants receive all levels of each condition
Data is collected from two individuals that has been matched based on their score for the dependent variable.
Data is collected from one individual but it is collected across two timepoints.
Data is collected from two individuals, but matched on variables that are important for the study

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

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If two variables are “co-related”, which of the following can you NOT say about their relationship?

Select one of the following:

Scores on variable A can be used to predict scores on variable B
There is a statistical relationship between variables A and B.
Variable A is responsible for causing changes in variable B.
Variable C may influence the relationship between variables A and B

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

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Which of the following is incorrect when considering Thematic Analysis?

Select one of the following:

The top down approach starts with a theme in mind, and the data is organised accordingly.
The bottom up approach works from the data up, allowing themes to emerge.
A hybrid of top-down and bottom up approaches are commonly used.
None of the answers

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

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What is the intercept in this table?

Select one of the following:

(constant) -26.61
(advertising budget) .09
(no. of plays on the radio) 3.37
(attractiveness of band) 11.09

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

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What do ontological perspectives look at?

Select one of the following:

A half-way house
the world and our interpretation of it
eyes or something?
Other peoples perspectives on our existence

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

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Reflexivity is the process of critically reflecting on the knowledge we produce. Which of the following does reflexivity do?

Select one of the following:

Attempts to counter the issue of subjectivity
Brings the researcher into the research
Part of quality control
All of the answers

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

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A correlation of .7 was found between time spent studying and percentage on an exam. What is the proportion of variance in exam scores that can be explained by time spent studying?

Select one of the following:

.7
.49
.3
.70

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

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If Pearson’s correlation coefficient between stress level and workload is .8, how much variance in stress level is not accounted for by workload?

Select one of the following:

20%
2%
8%
36%

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

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What was the first standardised test?

Select one of the following:

Rorschach
Binet & Simon test of Intelligence
TAT
Cattell's 16pf

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

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What is the difference between an experimental design and a quasi experimental design?

Select one of the following:

experimental designs are not random, whereas quasi-experimental is
quasi-experimental designs are not random, whereas experimental is
neither of the designs use random allocation
experimental designs are more scientific than quasi-experimental

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

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We want a difference and a _ amount of error to give us a more significant T

Select one of the following:

large, small
small, large
average, average
minus value, positive value

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

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Degree Psychology Quiz on Research Methods III, created by Ben Armstrong on 16/01/2017.

Research Methods III

Question 1 of 30

What does the term psychometrics mean?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

A type of psychometric test is ability. What do these measure?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

If a measure is reliable, it will give ______________ scores when you take the measurement again

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

What does a true score reflect?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

Reliability is determined by...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

If the test is not valid, it will not...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

An alpha coefficient of ________ is considered reliable.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

When conducting an Exploratory Factor Analysis....

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

What is an overall definition of a T-test?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

How do you calculate Variance σ2?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

Standard Error is the term used to describe ...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

To find the critical value you need...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

When using an independent samples t....

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

Average Error is also known as...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

Which of the following is NOT an example of predictive validity?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

A matched pairs design refers to which of the following...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

If two variables are “co-related”, which of the following can you NOT say about their relationship?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

Which of the following is incorrect when considering Thematic Analysis?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

What is the intercept in this table?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

What do ontological perspectives look at?

We want a difference and a _ amount of error to give us a more significant T