Quiz 3

Question 1

What is the predictor variable?

Answer 1

Independent variable

Question 2

What is the predicted variable?

Answer 2

Dependent variable

Question 3

What variable causes change in behaviors?

Answer 3

Independent variable

Question 4

What variable is the behavior that is changed by another variable?

Answer 4

Dependent variable

Question 5

Measured along a continuum, values change smoothly from one value to another (i.e., weight, height, reaction times, reading times, etc)

Answer 5

Continuous variables

Question 6

What scale is names, labels, categories. Qualitative, not quantitative?

Answer 6

Nominal/Categorical Scale (ID numbers, gender, etc)

Question 7

Ranks observations. Does not tell how much different

Answer 7

Ordinal scale (education, income level, satisfaction rating)

Question 8

This scale has no absolute zero

Answer 8

Interval scale (temperature, SAT score, credit score)

Question 9

This scale has equal intervals and an absolute zero

Answer 9

Ration scale (height, pulse, weight, length)

Question 10

The effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable

Answer 10

main effect

Question 11

The effect of one independent variable on the dependent variable differs based on the other independent variable levels

Answer 11

Interaction effect

Question 12

Variables that were not controlled for

Answer 12

Extraneous variables

Question 13

True or false
You can manipulate attribute/participant variables

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Measure of two or more types of subjects at one and describes them all

Answer 14

comparative research

Question 15

Measures change in behavior and compare over time

Answer 15

developmental research

Question 16

Select subjects from various age groups is what type of experimental design?

Answer 16

cross-sectional

Question 17

Follow the same subjects over time is what type of experimental design?

Answer 17

longitudinal

Question 18

Break into age groups and follow same subjects throughout a timeframe is what type of experimental design?

Answer 18

semi-longitudinal

Question 19

This measures the strength of relationship between two variables, possible predictive value

Answer 19

Correlation
association, but not causation

Question 20

What is it called when there are two levels of independent variables?

Answer 20

bivalent

Question 21

What is it called when there are three or more levels of independent variables?

Answer 21

Multivalent

Question 22

What are the four types of qualitative research?

Answer 22

1. observation
2. interview
3. narrative
4. case study

Question 23

What types of descriptive research are there (2)?

Answer 23

Survey and Retrospective

Question 24

Questionnaires and interview to get detailed description of behavior is what type of descriptive research?

Answer 24

Survey

Question 25

Examination of existing data, with new questions is what type of descriptive data?

Answer 25

Retrospective

Question 26

What are the types of developmental data?

Answer 26

cross sectional
longitudinal
semi-longitudinal

Question 27

This type of research refers to research that describes a phenomenon or else a group under study

Answer 27

Descriptive research

Question 28

This type of research refers to research where the researcher manipulates the variable to arrive at conclusions or else to come across findings

Answer 28

Experimental research