Methods Of Research Quiz 22 (30 MCQs)

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1. A German word that means understanding
2. Seeks to use the results from one method to develop or inform the other method, where development is broadly construed to include sampling and implementation as well as measurement decisions.
3. ..... refers to the extent to which the results of the study can be applied beyond the sample and the settings used in the study.
4. Lisa is conducting a study on hours of TV watched throughout one's lifespan. She begins by taking a group of two 10 year olds, three 15 year olds, three 20 year olds and so on (increments of 5 years, up to 35 years of age.) Which method of research is she using?
5. You psychology professor wants to describe the average score on your first psychology test. Which measure of central tendency is your professor most likely to use?
6. What is curious skepticism?
7. Mrs. Trahan samples her school by posting a flyer in the cafeteria that announces the study and asks for participants.
8. How can you "operationalize" verbal aggression?
9. After reading the method section of a quantitative research report, you should know:
10. What is the most common form in SLA mixed-methods researches?
11. The Naturalistic-Observation Method takes place .....
12. Which psychological perspective highlights the manner in which people encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
13. ..... involves random allocation of participants into groups and a comparison b/w these groups.
14. In sequential embedded design, Qualitative data can be collected ..... Quantitative data?
15. An extra, unexpected variable that can lead to false conclusions and therefore render the experiment invalid (has an unwanted impact on the DV)
16. When one variable increases and another variable also increases, this relationship between the two variables is called .....
17. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that it yields a great deal of detailed descriptive information and they are very useful in forming a hypothesis
18. In what type of study does a researcher study an individual subject in depth?
19. Which analysis procedure focuses on decreasing the number of dimensions in the quantitative and or qualitative data?
20. Which of the following is included in research proposal?
21. When scores are "bunched up"in the center of a distribution, the
22. Cluster, stratified, simple random, systematic, and proportional are all types of
23. Mixed methods researchers usually agree with the .....
24. A study uses qualitative observation methods, followed by quantitative data analysis methods. This is an example of what kind of study conduct.
25. "Monday Morning Quarterback" rarely act surprised about the outcome of the weekend football games. This tendency to believe they knew how the game would turn out is best explained by which psychological principle?
26. The conductor has no input or control over the environment in this situation
27. The bad question which lead the participants to agree or respond in a certain way is .....
28. The type of question that provide more freedom for the respondent to answer is called .....
29. Which of these methods would collect data from a very large sample? The census is an example of this method
30. Every possible group of units of the required size has the same chance of being the selected sample as any other sample of the same size.