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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. Perception of a correlation between variables where none exists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 'Fake subjects' that look & behave like real subjects in study.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






23. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






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






28. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






29. If you take the same test 2x's & you get the same results it shows ______ reliability






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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