Research Methods
Ethics
Research Design & Big Ideas
Descriptive Statistics
Distributions & Inferential Statistics
100
In 1953, H.M. underwent surgery to control his seizures. Doctors removed tissue from the hippocampus. As a result, H.M.'s memory was severely impaired. Psychologists studied H.M.'s memory function until his death in 2008. Which research method did the psychologists utilize in this situation?
What is Case Study?
100
A 7-year-old joins a study after the parent signs the form and the child agrees to participate. What is the child’s agreement called?
What is Informed assent?
100
A researcher uses a 1–7 strongly disagree to strongly agree scale to measure stress about exams. What is this called?
What is a Likert scale?
100
Find the mean of 4, 6, 8, 12
7.5
100
What is a hisogram
200
Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle from a distance are using a research method known as
What is Naturalistic observation?
200
A participant is told the study is about attention, but afterward learns it was really about conformity. What ethical step must happen after the study?
Debriefing
200
A psychologist asks participants to rate anxiety from 1 to 10 and then compares class averages. Is this quantitative or qualitative research?
What is Quantitative research?
200
Find the median of 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 20.
9
200
What type of distribution is this?
What is a Bimodal distribution?
300
A psychologist randomly assigns participants to either a sleep-deprivation group or a full-sleep group, then compares memory scores. What research method is this?
What is an experiment?
300
A researcher removes names from all response sheets and stores the data privately so no one can match answers to students. What ethical principle is this?
What is Confidentiality?
300
A psychologist interviews students about how bullying affected their lives and analyzes their detailed stories. Is this quantitative or qualitative research?
What is Qualitative research?
300
Find the mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9.
7
300
Most scores are high, but a few very low scores create a left tail. What is the distribution called?
What is a Left-skewed distribution?
400
A researcher interested in proving a cause and effect relationship between two variables should choose which research method
What is an Experiment?
400
Before a study begins, a committee reviews it to make sure participants’ rights and welfare are protected. What is this committee called?
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
400
A participant in a study is actually working with the researcher and only pretending to be a normal subject. What is this person called?
What is a Research confederate?
400
A dataset is 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 20. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by the outlier?
Mean
400
A researcher uses a sample to make a conclusion about a larger population. What kind of statistics is being used?
What is Inferential statistics?
500
A researcher finds that ice cream sales and drowning deaths increase together in summer. Which research method could identify this relationship?
What is a Correlational study?
500
Before joining a study, participants are told the purpose, risks, benefits, and that they may quit at any time. What ethical principle is this?
What is Informed consent?
500
What is the variable that is manipulated in an experiment?
What is Independent variable>
500
A dataset is 2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 8, 20. Find the mean, median, and mode.
Mean = about 6.9, Median = 4, Mode = 4
500
Name 3 things that improve generalizability
Representative sample, large sample size, multiple studies