This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Methods Of Research – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Research Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An advantage of computer-assisted telephone interviewing is: A) There is little opportunity for interviewer bias. B) Data quality is enhanced. C) Interviewing time is reduced. D) Questionnaires do not have to be coded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interviewing time is reduced. 2. The research method used if you watch TV for a week and count how many shows portray violence. A) Case study. B) Statistical analysis. C) Interviews. D) Content analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Content analysis. 3. An Observation, Questionnaire and Interviews are examples of what type of research? A) Secondary. B) Qualitative. C) Quantitative. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary. 4. ..... involves the control or manipulation of conditions for the purpose of studying the relative effects of various treatments applied to members of a sample, or of the same treatment applied to members of different samples A) Strategic Research. B) Descriptive Research. C) Applied Research. D) Experimental Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experimental Research. 5. In an experiment the ..... group is NOT exposed to the independent variable. A) Experimental. B) Double blind. C) Control. D) Single blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control. 6. Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences. A) Biological perspective. B) Cognitive perspective. C) Psychodymanic perspective. D) Behavioral perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychodymanic perspective. 7. Which of the following is a research tool where there is a verbal conservation between two people with a objective of relevant information? A) Observation. B) Intelligence Test. C) Rating Scale. D) Interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interview. 8. When a participant's behaviour is influenced by their knowledge of an observer's presence A) Observer effect. B) Natural observation. C) Observer bias. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observer effect. 9. What is it called when the group is aware they are being observed? A) Overt. B) Non-participant. C) Participant. D) Covert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overt. 10. The data collection methods are: A) Qualitative and Research. B) Quantitative and Research. C) Qualitative and Quantitative. D) Quantitative and Sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qualitative and Quantitative. 11. Small portion of existing knowledge and experience of the people is published in written form A) Focus group. B) Experience survey. C) Problem definition. D) Pilot study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experience survey. 12. Any substance, other than food, that alters the function of both the mind and the body. A) Liquid. B) Hormone. C) Drug. D) Pizza Crunchers. E) Alcohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drug. 13. What is the difference between participant observation and non-participant observation? A) Non-participant observation means a researcher takes part. B) Participant observation needs many interviews. C) Participant observation requires a researcher to take part. D) Non-participant observation means a researcher films events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participant observation requires a researcher to take part. 14. This refers to the consistency of scores or answers from one administration of an instrument to another, and from one set of items to another. A) Reliability. B) Conciseness. C) Validity. D) Completeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reliability. 15. In a true experiment we manipulate the ..... and we measure the ..... A) Independent variable / dependent variable. B) Hypothesis / experimental group. C) Population / control group. D) People / data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable / dependent variable. 16. The advantage of this method of research is that it can help to clarify relationships between variable that cannot be explained by other research methods, in other words-predictions. A) Experiments. B) Survey. C) Correlational. D) Case Study. E) Observational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correlational. 17. The most common scales used in research are A) Ratio. B) Ordinal. C) Nominal. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. What is done at the end of a study to assure that participants know all the information about the study (the truth) and leave in the same emotional state as they started? A) Naturalistic observation. B) Replication. C) Debriefing. D) Informed consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debriefing. 19. Which among the following variables links the cause and effect relationship of Independent and Dependent Variable A) Moderating Variable. B) Constant Variable. C) Confounding Variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confounding Variable. 20. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that the strict control of variables offers researchers the opportunity to draw conclusions about cause and effect relationships. A) Case Study. B) Survey. C) Observational. D) Experiments. E) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiments. 21. A ..... is a tentative conclusion or answer to a specific question raised at the beginning of the investigation. It is an educated guess about the answer to a specific question A) Assumption. B) Hypothesis. C) Idea. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 22. Also known as an observational study, it focuses on the analysis of a phenomenon in its natural context. A) Applied research. B) Exploratory research. C) Qualitative research. D) Non-experimental research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-experimental research. 23. A condition in which a person can no longer control his or her drug use is called: A) Tolerance. B) Dependence. C) Withdrawal. D) Addiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Addiction. 24. To prevent a biased sample and control for order effects in an experimenter, a researcher would respectively need to use A) Random sampling and stratified sampling. B) Random allocation and random sampling. C) Counterbalancing and random sampling. D) Random sampling and counterbalancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Random sampling and counterbalancing. 25. Process of obtaining a numerical description of the extent to which a person or object possesses some characteristics A) Interview. B) Measurement. C) Questionnaire. D) Scaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Measurement. 26. Factors such as time, money or limited access which will restrict the researcher when carrying out their study. A) Validity. B) Practice issues. C) Reliability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practice issues. 27. Jonathan's last five test grades are 94, 91, 93, 87, and 90. What is the mean of Jonathon's grades? Fill your answer into the grid below. A) 93. B) 91. C) 455. D) 227.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 91. 28. A field experiment: A) Controls extraneous variables well. B) Has no DV. C) Does not have standardised procedures. D) Takes place in a natural setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Takes place in a natural setting. 29. Which of the following is a random sample? A) Taking whoever happens to be there. B) Names drawn from a hat. C) Asking people if they would like to take part. D) Every 10th name in the register. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Names drawn from a hat. 30. Which type of mixed method design uses qualitative data first to determine an intervention or measurement tool, and then analyzes that tool using quantitative data? A) Explanatory sequential design. B) Exploratory sequential design. C) Convergent design. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploratory sequential design. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesMethods Of Research Quiz 1Methods Of Research Quiz 2Methods Of Research Quiz 3Methods Of Research Quiz 4Methods Of Research Quiz 5Methods Of Research Quiz 6Methods Of Research Quiz 7Methods Of Research Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books