This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Experimental Research – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Experimental Research Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An inert substance given to members of the control group; a fake treatment that has no benefit, but it is administered as if it does A) Control substance. B) Placebo. C) Untrue treatment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placebo. 2. Measurable characteristics that vary, or change, over time or across people A) Variable. B) Theory. C) Random sample. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable. 3. Is research that resembles experimental research but is not true experimental research. A) TRUE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. C) QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. D) PRE-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 4. Mostly observation, environment not disturbed, and variables are not manipulated A) Humanistic research. B) Naturalistic research. C) Optical research. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturalistic research. 5. Collected data through a series of questions often on a scale, easily given to many participants, fast way to collect descriptive data A) Surveying. B) Sampling. C) Operant conditioning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surveying. 6. Process scientists use to conduct research, which includes a continuing cycle of exploration, critical thinking, and systematic observation A) Experiment. B) Pseudoscience. C) Scientific method. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific method. 7. Approach to explaining and predicting behavior and events that appears to be psychology but is not supported by empirical, objective evidence A) Numerology. B) Common sense. C) Pseudopsychology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pseudopsychology. 8. Embody a group of techniques used to conduct quantitative research where there is no manipulation done to any variable in the study. A) NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. C) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. D) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 9. All members of an identified group about which a researcher is interested A) Sample. B) Population. C) Variables. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 10. In learning experiments in classroom settings, the independent variable is A) A response. B) A hypothesized outcome. C) A variable being tested. D) A stimulus of some kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stimulus of some kind. 11. Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population is an example of what type of nonexperimental research? A) OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH. B) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. C) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. D) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. 12. Using random assignment is useful so that A) Experiments are conducted under more natural conditions. B) A causal effect of an intervention can be calculated. C) Personal characteristics of individuals are distributed equally among the groups. D) Results are clearly replicable or predictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal characteristics of individuals are distributed equally among the groups. 13. What is the second step in experimental research? A) Write your hypothesis. B) Design your experimental treatments. C) Assign your subjects to treatment groups. D) Define your research question and variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write your hypothesis. 14. Process of weighing various pieces of evidence, synthesizing them (putting them together), and determining how each contributes to the bigger picture A) Critical thinking. B) Judgement. C) Justice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critical thinking. 15. The condition which is controlled by the researchers and applied to another condition iscalled ..... A) Control. B) Dependent variable. C) Hypothesis. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent variable. 16. Acknowledgement by study participants that they will understand what their participation will entail A) Debriefing. B) Informed consent. C) Contract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informed consent. 17. Focuses on the good aspects of human nature and human strengths and virtues A) Industrial/Organization psychology. B) Positive psychology. C) Clinical psychology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive psychology. 18. Detailed examination of individual or small groups, large amount of data collected on one person or group, useful when investigating unique cases A) Clinical observation. B) Experimental research. C) Case study. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Case study. 19. ..... is used when you test the same group of subject two times. A) T-Tests for independent groups. B) One-Way Analysis of Variance. C) Central tendency. D) T-Tests for dependent groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T-Tests for dependent groups. 20. Experimental research is completed in what type of environment? A) Controlled. B) Chaotic. C) Vibrant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled. 21. Subset of a population chosen for inclusion in an experiment A) Case study. B) Observations. C) Sample. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sample. 22. What type of study would be used during the pandemic A) Observational. B) Hands-on. C) Correlational. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational. 23. What are the types of experimental research design? A) Pre-experimental research design. B) True experimental research design. C) Quasi-experimental research design. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 24. The variable affected by a treatment is called ..... A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Hypothesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 25. Do you always need variables in quantitative research? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 26. What's the most commun type of experimental design performed in classroom settings? A) Single subject experiments. B) True experiments. C) Quasi-experiments. D) Time series experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quasi-experiments. 27. Seeks to describe the current status of an identified variable. This type of research is designed to provide systematic information about a phenomenon. A) NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. B) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. C) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH. D) CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH. 28. When a researcher has access to only one group and can study them over a period. Which is the most suitable experimental type to perform? A) Single subject experiments. B) Factorial designs. C) Repeated measures experiments. D) Time series experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time series experiments. 29. Type of research that manipulates a variable of interest (independent variable) to uncover cause-and-effect relationships A) Correlational study. B) Scientific method. C) Experimental method. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental method. 30. When you make predictions that are specific and testable you have to ..... A) To apply hypothesis. B) To play with the hypothesis. C) To write testable hypothesis. D) To apply hypothesis. 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