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. 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)






2. The probability level which forms basis for deciding if results are statistically significant (not due to chance).






3. 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






4. Sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Experimental factor that is manipulated; variable whose effect is being studied.






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






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






15. Measure of the extent to which two factors vary together which can be positive or negative or non






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






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






18. Effects of being born and raised in a particular time or situation where all other members of your group has similar experiences makes your group unique from others






19. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition - which is assumed to be an active agent.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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






29. Condition of experiment that contrasts with experimental condition and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.






30. A type of reliability - where different versions of same instrument are used and scores are compared






31. 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.






32. Rejecting null hypothesis when it is actually true - a false positive






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






34. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






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






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






40. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






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






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






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






45. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






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






49. Any selection method that results in subset of the population (sample) that is not representative - and/or not random






50. Association between increases in one variable and decreases in another