Test your basic knowledge |

Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Testable and falsifiable prediction - often implied by a theory






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






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






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






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






6. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






8. Procedure in which info that could introduce bias the result is withheld from participants - but experimenter will be in full possession of facts






9. Perception of a correlation between variables where none exists.






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






11. Procedure that ensures every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate






12. Relationship between variables in which as one variable increases - the other also increases - OR as one decreases so does the other. Both variables move in the same direction.






13. Degree to which test is representative of total domain its supposed to cover.






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






15. Hypothesis that predicts NO relationship between variables. The aim of research is to reject this hypothesis






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






17. Extent to which the findings from one group (or sample) can be generalized or applied to other groups (or population






18. Variables other than IV that participants in - one group have that makes them different - from the other group. Two variables linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their specific effects.






19. Research method in which investigator manipulates one or more factors (IV) to observe effect on some behavior or mental process (DV)






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






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






22. Descriptive research technique in which one person or a small group is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles






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






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






25. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






26. Bell-shaped curve that results when values of a trait in a population are plotted against their frequency






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






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






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






30. Measuring device or procedure designed to measure psychology-related variables. A measurement that results in a score or result that is standardized






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Not rejecting null hypothesis when in fact we should have rejected it - a false negative






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






37. Extent to which a test yields consistent results - a measure is repeatable






38. Factors in an experiment that are unchanged for both the control group and the experimental group






39. Condition of experiment that exposes participants to treatment - that is - to one version of the IV






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






41. 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.






42. Relationship that exists when one set of data values increases while the other decreases






43. Percentage of scores falling at or below a specific score.






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






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






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






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






48. Research in which the same people are re-studied and re-tested over a long period






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






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