Exam 2 Quiz Questions Flashcards
In which behavioral measure does a participant make a purposeful selection from several options?
behavioral observation
behavioral trace
physiological measure
behavioral choice
behavioral choice
What is a quasi-experimental design?
A. a research design where random assignment cannot be used
B. a research design where the researcher manipulates all of the dependent variables
C. a research design where the researcher treats variables as if they are dependent variables even though the variables cannot be measured
D. a research design where the researcher manipulates all of the independent variables
a
Which of the following examples demonstrates using a behavioral trace to assess study habits?
A. Observing students who are studying in the library to determine how many students study individually, in pairs, or in groups.
B. Interviewing students who are studying in the library about their study habits.
C. Asking students who are studying in the library to complete a 10 item questionnaire.
D. Counting the number of empty coffee cups left in the library to determine the most popular study spots.
D
Jake is interested in studying social conformity in men and women. He believes that women are more likely than men to conform during stressful situations. To test this, he assigns men and women to participate in a high stress condition and then assesses their conformity. What type of design is he using?
a. true experiment
b. nonexperiment
c. quasi-experimental
d. correlational
c
In a self-report measure, participants are:
A. asked to select close friends or family who can report on their thoughts and feelings
B. observed in order to make inferences about their behaviors
C. asked directly about their thoughts or experiences
D. recorded so that their actions can be coded by experimenters.
c
A researcher notices that most of the people in their sample responded that they agreed with the statements on her survey. Now she doesn’t know if these responses are accurate, or if this is an example of
a. an acquiescent response set
b. a distractor item
c. a double-barreled set of items
d. floor effect
a
Jay asked his roommate, “Will becoming a dentist or musician help me meet my personal goals and my parents’ goals for me?” This question is difficult to answer because it is an example of a(n):
a. response set
b. double-barreled item
c. closed-ended question
d. forced choice item
b
Descriptive statistics typically include measures of central tendency such as the ____ of a variable
a. mean
b. validity
c. reliability
d. operational definition
a
You want to hear participants’ answers in their own words. Thus, you design a(n)
a. correlation
b. scale
c. open-ended question
d. closed-ended question
c
A scale where participants respond to a statement based on a set of provided responses, and the answer options are often on a continuum.
a. open-ended scale
b. reverse coding scale
c. A Likert scale or summative scale
D. response set
c
According to a scale measuring student engagement, a highly engaged student would likely report a value near 5 for the item “I actively take notes during class”, but a value near 1 for the item “I often miss class”. For this response, we would want to analyze the responses to the item “I often miss class” using the strategy referred to as____.
a. internal consistency reliability
b. response set
c. reverse-coding
d. directional hypothesis
c
_____is a way to select the people in your study so that everyone in your population has statistically equal chances of being chosen to be in the study.
a. quota sampling
b. nonprobability sampling
c. convenience sampling
d. probability sampling
d
Purposive sampling is an example of a probability sampling technique
true or false
false
a sample is smaller than a population
true or false
true
You stand outside of the student center and ask people if they would like to be a part of your study. You are using a:
a. cluster random sampling technique
b. probability sampling technique
c. convenience sampling technique
d. random sampling technique
c
You ask people to participate in an experiment on the impact of heat on marathon running. You get a sample of 100 people from the general public to participate from across the country. You have a large sample, but you are most worried about:
a. quota sampling
b. the college sophomore problem
c. nonresponse bias
d. snowball sampling
c
A sampling plan that decides to use a convenience sample is very likely to get a representative sample.
true or false
false
The degree to which items on a scale interrelate with one another or “hang together” is called
a. test-retest reliability
b. alternative form reliability
c. equivalent form reliability
d. internal consistency reliability
d
We give students a test designed to measure how much they like Monmouth University the first day of school, and then we give them the same test two week later. We compare their answers, with the goal of testing the measure’s
a. alternative form reliability
b. internal consistency reliability
c. equivalent form reliability
d. test-retest reliability
d
Test-retest reliability and equivalent form reliability are two words for the same thing.
true or false
false
We know that people who take our survey answer questions about the same topic consistently, but what we don’t know is whether the survey is really measuring what we want it to measure. Thus, we know that the survey is____ but don’t know if it is ____.
a. discriminant; predictive
b. valid; reliable
c. reliable; valid
d. predictive; discriminant
c
The items on a scale represent the various aspects of the topic being studied is what type of validity?
a. construct validity
b. content validity
c. convergent validity
d. discriminant validity
a?
The scale does not relate to measures of unrelated variables is what type of validity?
a. construct validity
b. content validity
c. convergent validity
d. discriminant validity
d
The scale relates to other measures of the same variable is what type of validity?
a. construct validity
b. content validity
c. convergent validity
d. discriminant validity
c
The scale measures the concept we intended to measure is what type of validity?
a. construct validity
b. content validity
c. convergent validity
d. discriminant validity
b
