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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is supposed to test as determined by a quick look or evaluation by a non expert






2. Statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means






3. Procedure for statistically combining results of many different research studies






4. Variable that may change in response to manipulations of the IV (what is measured)






5. Indication of how likely a result obtained occurred by chance - expressed as p or sig.






6. Experimental procedure in which both research participants and research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo.






7. Statistical measure of strength of association between two variables ranging from -1.0 to 1.0






8. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






9. Computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.






10. Variable not relevant to what you are studying that has unplanned effect on DV. It may influence results - but all conditions are effected so it does not create bias.






11. Giving participants in a research study a complete explanation of the study after the study is completed needed for deception






12. Skewed distribution with many more scores on the higher end of the distribution






13. Graphed cluster of dots - each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.






14. Series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data - formulating a hypothesis - testing the hypothesis - and stating conclusions






15. Repeating of research study to determine if its finding extends to other participants and circumstances






16. Set of assumptions used to explain phenomena & offered for scientific study






17. Difference between highest and lowest scores in a distribution.






18. Occur when the questions asked on a sample survey are confusing or leading






19. Skewed distribution where data has many more scores toward the lower end of the distribution






20. Symbol used to represent the total number of subjects in a research study






21. Most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.






22. Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance - thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups






23. Statement of procedures used to explain research variables in enough detail to allow for replication






24. Method by which participants are misinformed or misled about study's methods and purposes - must be told truth about this in debriefing






25. We overestimate our accuracy and our changes of success and ability to predict and explain






26. In-depth - intensive investigation of individual or small group of people which involves interviews and personal interpretations by researcher. It may also be supplemented with psychological or medical tests






27. Research method in which info is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions






28. A research method that looks like an experiment BUT subjects are not randomly assigned to control and experimental groups (no cause and effect can be drawn)






29. Expectations by researcher that might influence results of experiment or its interpretation






30. Descriptive research that involves observing and recording behavior without trying to manipulate and control the situation.






31. Middle score in a distribution; half scores are above it and half are below it.






32. When a specific word used in a question affects how respondents answer the question or the order of the questions






33. The tendency for people to behave differently when they know they are being studied






34. Research project designed to discover degree to which two variables are related to each other






35. Data with an absolute 0. Ratios are meaningful. (Length - Width - Weight - Distance)






36. Data of categories only. Data cannot be arranged in an ordering scheme. (Gender - Race - Religion)






37. Researchers takes subjects & conditions as they naturally occur - with little if any control over what happens. no random assignment so no cause and effect can be determined






38. Testable and falsifiable prediction - often implied by a theory






39. Differences between values can be found - but is NO absolute ZERO. Examples: temperature F - time






40. Subset of a population in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected






41. More than one individual scores same test - regardless of who rates test - scores should be the same for _____ reliability






42. People of different ages are compared to one another at a single point in time






43. Perception of relationship where none exists.






44. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






45. Sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in general population






46. Tendency to overestimate extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors






47. Tendency to believe - after learning an outcome - that one would have foreseen it.






48. Data exists in categories that are ordered but differences cannot be determined or they are meaningless. (Example: 1st - 2nd - 3rd)






49. All cases in a group - from which samples may be drawn for a study






50. Change in subject's behavior caused simply by awareness of being studied