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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. Tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Form of validity in which a psychological measure is able to predict some future behavior or is meaningfully related to some other measure






10. Symbol used for Pearson Correlation Coefficient ranges from -1.0 to +1.0






11. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Correlation where as one variable increases - the other also increases - or as one decreases so does the other. Both variables move in same direction.






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






27. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Results of experiment are SIGNIFICANT - they are not likely caused by chance






33. In a normal distribution it tells you how far a number is above or below mean in terms of standard deviations.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A test is divided into 2 halves and scores on the halves are compared to see if test is consistent within itself. Ex. compare odds & evens






43. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






44. Extent to which scores suggest that a test is actually measuring an ABSTRACT theoretical idea (such as anxiety - personality - introversion - etc.).






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or define a particular term specifically in a study






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