This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Experimental Research – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Experimental Research Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sharing information with participants after their involvement in a study has ended, including the purpose of the study and deception used in it A) Acknowledgement. B) Informed consent. C) Debriefing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debriefing. 2. What is a control group? A) A group of participants that do not receive the treatment. B) The participants who receive the treatment. C) Different outcome variable. D) The sample group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of participants that do not receive the treatment. 3. What is an advantage of experimental research? A) Results are specific to the experiment. B) Easy to conduct. C) Time consuming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Results are specific to the experiment. 4. Type of extraneous variable that changed in sync with the independent variable, making it difficult to discern which one is causing changes in the dependent variable A) Confounding variable. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confounding variable. 5. What is the first step in experimental research? A) Formulating a hypothesis. B) Identifying a research problem. C) Testing hypothesis. D) Creating an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identifying a research problem. 6. Researchers' expectations that influence the outcome of a study A) Biased perspective. B) Bias. C) Experimenter bias. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimenter bias. 7. Examines relationships among variables, can help make predictions, but cannot prove causation A) Random assignment. B) Correlational method. C) Experimental method. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlational method. 8. This type of study is carried out over a long period. It measures and observes the variables of interest without changing existing conditions. A) Survey. B) Simulations. C) Observational Study. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational Study. 9. What is an experimental group? A) The sample group. B) Different outcome variable. C) A group of participants that do not receive the treatment. D) The participants who receive the treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The participants who receive the treatment. 10. Is a type of research in which a researcher measures two variables, understands and assesses the statistical relationship between them with no influence from any extraneous variable. A) NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. C) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. D) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. 11. A researcher conducts an experimental study by imposing several controls in respect of samples, data collection tools and situational variables. The likelihood of threat in arriving at generalization in this context will be to: A) Internal validity. B) External validity. C) Both A & B. D) Neither A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External validity. 12. The main difference between 'Laboratory Experiment' and 'Field Experiment' is in A) Use of data analysis techniques. B) Degree of control of extraneous variables. C) Application of research instrument. D) Precision in measurement of variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degree of control of extraneous variables. 13. Variable in the environment or of the participants that could unintentionally influence the outcome of the study A) Confounding variable. B) Extraneous variable. C) Independent variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extraneous variable. 14. A research design that follows basic experimental steps but fails to include a control group. In other words, a single group is often studied but no comparison between an equivalent non-treatment group is made. A) QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. C) PRE-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. D) TRUE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PRE-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 15. What is the role of variables in experimental research? A) In a hypothesis in experimental research, an independent variable has an effect over a dependent variable. B) In a hypothesis in experimental research, there is no need to have variables. C) In a hypothesis in experimental research, there is a treatment or intervation, but not variables. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a hypothesis in experimental research, an independent variable has an effect over a dependent variable. 16. Statistical measure that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables A) Correlation coefficient (r). B) Relationship representation (s). C) Variables measure (a). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlation coefficient (r). 17. The assumed relationship between the variables is called ..... A) Control. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis. 18. When the researchers implement flipped learning model in class A (experimental group), butnot in class B (control group), the research use ..... test A) T-Tests for independent groups. B) T-Tests for dependent groups. C) Central tendency. D) One-Way Analysis of Variance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T-Tests for independent groups. 19. Which type of experimental design is the best option when seeking to learn about the behavior of single individuals rather than groups? A) Repeated measures experiments. B) Quasi-experiments. C) Single subject experiments. D) True experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single subject experiments. 20. What's a possible solution to participants' changes over the time of the research [maturation treat]? A) Selecting participants who are at the same developmental level. B) Conducting your study in an unobtrusive way. C) Using a smaller population. D) Using counterbalancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selecting participants who are at the same developmental level. 21. When the population should have equal chance to be included in the sample, there is ..... A) Variable manipulation. B) Random assignment. C) Groupings. D) Nonprobability sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random assignment. 22. Which of the following is not considered as one of the characteristics of experimental research? A) RANDOMIZATION. B) MANIPULATION. C) CONTROL. D) LARGE SAMPLE SIZE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) LARGE SAMPLE SIZE. 23. What are some of the characteristics of experiments? A) Random assignment, group comparisons and threats to validity. B) Random assignment, group measures and manipulation. C) Outcome comparisons, threats to invalidity and random assignment. D) Group measures, control over ideas and threats to invalidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Random assignment, group comparisons and threats to validity. 24. What is a disadvantage of experimental research? A) Results are very subjective. B) Perfectly executable. C) Boring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Results are very subjective. 25. Controlled procedure that involves careful examination through scientific observation and/or manipulation of variables A) Research. B) Experiment. C) Case study. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experiment. 26. Is regarded as the most accurate form of experimental research, in that it tries to prove or disprove a hypothesis mathematically, with statistical analysis. A) PRE-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) TRUE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. C) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. D) QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 27. In this type of research investigators attempt to determine the cause or consequences of differences that already exist between or among groups of individuals A) NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. C) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. D) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. 28. What's an experimental group? A) The group that receives an experimental procedure or a test sample. B) The group that gives an experimental procedure or a test sample. C) The group in which conditions produce a negative outcome. D) The group in which the conditions guarantee a positive result. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The group that receives an experimental procedure or a test sample. 29. Type of study in which neither the researchers who are administering the independent variable nor the participants know what type of treatment is being given A) Blind study. B) Controlled study. C) Double blind study. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double blind study. 30. When a researcher expects certain outcomes, and thereby causes them to occur is known as A) Diffusion of treatments. B) History. C) Reactivity. D) Researcher expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Researcher expectancy. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesExperimental Research Quiz 2Action Research QuizAnalytical Research QuizApplied Research QuizBasic Fundamental Research QuizCase Study QuizClassification Research QuizComparative Research Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books