Defining Terms & Research Methods Lecture Quiz

Question 1

For most variables in this field, there are multiple ways to measure them.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

It is easiest to obtain a large sample size using which of the following data collection techniques?

Answer 2

survey

Question 3

The following is a particular challenge for cross-sectional studies?

Answer 3

Participants’ attitudes may change over time, but we won’t know because we only assessed it once.

Question 4

If a research team wanted to study playground behaviors of toddlers, which of the following would likely give them the most useful information?

Answer 4

naturalistic observation

Question 5

Who is conducting a longitudinal study?

Answer 5

Cyndy, who gives participants a survey now, another survey in a year, and another survey in five years

Question 6

The following is a drawback to secondary data analysis:

Answer 6

Information that the researcher wanted to know might not have been collected in the initial study.

Question 7

To truly obtain a random sample, you would need:

Answer 7

to provide everyone in the population of interest an equal chance of being selected.

Question 8

The main goal of research is to:

Answer 8

overcome our personal biases with scientific evidence.

Question 9

Which of the following data collection techniques is best?

Answer 9

They all have strengths and drawbacks

Question 10

Which of the following is most likely a research question?

Answer 10

How do gender expectations form within families?