This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Methods Of Research – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Research Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ethics is about doing the ..... thing. A) Good. B) Right. C) Profit. D) Newcastle Utd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right. 2. It is commonly believed that going outside when the weather is cold and rainy, you will get a cold. This is not true. This is an example of a(n) ..... A) Illusory correlation. B) Placebo effect. C) Random assignment. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illusory correlation. 3. Which of the following is not an element of Research Problem? A) Aim or purpose of the problem for investigation. B) The subject matter or topic to be investigated. C) The place or locale where the research is to be conducted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 4. Observations, like the color or texture of an object, are ..... observations. A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. C) Scientific. D) Operational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative. 5. When conducting an observation people might act differently because they know they are being watched. This is called ..... A) The Hawthorne Effect. B) Valid Research. C) The Butterfly Effect. D) The Doppler Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hawthorne Effect. 6. This refers to the method of gaining enough participants that represent various backgrounds of people, allowing researchers to generalize results to the larger population: A) Full sampling. B) Double-blind placebo experiment. C) Random sampling. D) Naturalistic study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random sampling. 7. If two sets relate inversely, then it has a ..... correlation A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Causation. D) There is no correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 8. When a task used in an experiment represents a real world task/activity A) Ecological validity. B) Mundane realism. C) Reliability. D) Test-retest-reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mundane realism. 9. The collection of the elements (people or objects) which has some or the other characteristic in common is ..... A) Population. B) Sample. C) Sampling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 10. This method investigates one individual, small group or community. A) Survey. B) Observation. C) Case Study. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Case Study. 11. A study on elementary math skills simultaneously collects classroom data using teacher interviews in its qualitative phase and individual students' achievement scores from that classroom in its quantitative phase. A) Identical sequential. B) Nested concurrent. C) Parallel sequential. D) Multilevel concurrent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multilevel concurrent. 12. It explains the specific steps you will undergo in order to collect the data for your study A) Data Process. B) Data Collection Procedure. C) Data. D) Data Collection Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data Collection Procedure. 13. Which of the following psychologists was a structuralist? A) Freud. B) Wertheimer. C) James. D) Wundt. E) Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wundt. 14. What is a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study? A) Hypothesis. B) Case study. C) Operational definition. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operational definition. 15. Research can help you reach new ..... A) Conclusions. B) People. C) Places. D) Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusions. 16. In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior would be the A) Independent variable. B) Placebo. C) Control. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 17. It is defined as the approaches researchers use or can use to collect and analyze data. A) Relevant Literature. B) Research. C) Research Instrument. D) Research Methodology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research Methodology. 18. The statement of purpose in research is A) Identify the intent. B) To analyse data. C) Overview results. D) Get results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify the intent. 19. Measure of central tendency calculated by adding up all scores and dividing by the number of scores in the data set. A) Median. B) Mode. C) Mean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mean. 20. The last 6 days the high temperatures in Temple were 84, 83, 81, 80, 85, and 79. What is the median of these temperatures? A) 83. B) 81. C) 84. D) 82. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 82. 21. Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline for conducting research with humans? A) Keeping participants' identity anonymous. B) Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed. C) Telling participants they are free to withdraw at any time. D) Getting informed consent of the participant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed. 22. It consists of the investigator's position on a problem after his exposure to various theories that have bearing on the problem. A) Technical framework. B) Thesis framework. C) Theoretical framework. D) Conceptual framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conceptual framework. 23. Mr. Kay is interested in whether individual differences affect learning. Mr. Kay is most likely a(n) ..... psychologist. A) Educational. B) Clinical. C) Social. D) Human factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Educational. 24. In an experiment, debriefing of participants most likely includes information about A) The procedures that will be required of participants during the experiment. B) The number of hours participants will be expected to participate. C) The individual results of other participants in the study. D) Each participant's own results in the study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each participant's own results in the study. 25. This is a self-correcting process for asking questions and observing nature's answer. A) The theory method. B) The scientific method. C) The hypothetical method. D) The observational method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scientific method. 26. Good attendance in lessons is related to high grades is a: A) Negative correlation. B) Zero correlation. C) Positive correlation. D) Accidental correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive correlation. 27. Participants selected for one phase represent a subset of participants selected for another phase. Select a large number of students for quantitative phase, then interview only three for Qualitative phase A) Identical. B) Parallel. C) Nested. D) Multilevel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nested. 28. Which type of information is most likely to be collected by quantitative research methods? A) Attitudes and values. B) Non-numerical data. C) Descriptions and explanations. D) Measurements and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Measurements and statistics. 29. Which of the following is an ethical issue that could arise when using observation as a research method? A) Observing people outside their natural setting. B) Persons altering their behaviour in the researcher's presence. C) Researchers not explaining the reason for their presence. D) Not being able to record conversations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Researchers not explaining the reason for their presence. 30. Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology? A) Freud. B) James. C) Wertheimer. D) Pavlov. E) Watson. 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