Research 1
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Statistics 1
Statistics 2
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Brett believes that talking on a cell phone and driving is likely to lead to an accident. Brett makes note of any accident when the driver is on the phone, but tends to ignore accidents when the driver is not. This is an example of:
What is confirmation bias
100
Ally is a subject in an experiment. She purposely tries harder since she knows she is being watched. This is an example of:
What is participant bias.
100
Amber is researching possible causes of suicide. For each committed suicide in the county, Amber does an in-depth study of the person's life and behaviors prior to their suicide. Amber is conducting what type of study?
What is case study
100
the degree of relationship between two variables
What is a correlation
100
Throughout childhood a person's height increases as their age increases. This relationship between age and height would be called a(n):
What is positive correlation.
200
Consider the following experiment: Children are divided into two groups. One group watches episodes of Sesame Street. The other group watches cartoon episodes. Both are then given a test that measures activity in children. In this study, the independent variable is:
What is what the child watches on TV.
200
Research methods where a researcher draws a cause and effect conclusion.
What is experiment
200
A developmental psychologist wants to study the effects of poverty on one's self concept. To do this, a group of subjects from the central city are interviewed once every five years over the period of 30 years. The same subjects are interviewed throughout the 30 years. This study is an example of what type of research?
What is longitudinal study
200
Social desirability might create
What is biased survey
200
The measurement of school spirit based on how many people participate in homecoming activities is an example of a(n):
What is operational definition.
300
In an experiment, which receives the independent variable?
What is the experimental group
300
In an experiment, which group would be given a placebo?
What is the control group
300
The overall purpose of psychological statistics is to:
What is make data more meaningful.
300
The median is generally a better representation of the center of a distribution. However, unusually high or low scores indicate the distribution is distorted, or
What is skewed
300
Simply listing a set of scores from the highest to lowest is a(n):
What is frequency distribution.
400
. One can assume that there is no relationship between two sets of variables if the correlation between them is:
What is zero
400
The four basic principles used to judge the ethics of research are:
What is informed consent, protection from harm, confidentiality, and debriefing.
400
Which is the middle score in a distribution of scores after you rank the scores from lowest to highest
What is median
400
A statistical statement of how likely it is that a result occurred by chance alone is a definition of:
What is statistical significance.
400
About what percent of a sample falls within three standard deviations of the mean?
What is 99.7%
500
Random sample is to random assignment as surveys are to _____
What is experiments
500
Professor Aronow is running an experiment trying to determine the effects of stress on decision making. In the experiment, one group of subjects is put under stress through the use of a mild electrical shock. The subjects are then asked to complete a survey including various problems. The other subjects are only given the survey. In this experiment, the independent variable is the:
What is mild electrical current
500
a research technique designed to discover self-reported attitudes or behavior through questionnaires
What is survey method
500
Keith took both the ACT and the SAT. He wants to compare the two scores but each is on a different scoring system. In order to compare his two scores, Keith should make use of
What is percentile rank.
500
If the mean, median, and mode are all equal, that signifies:
what is normal distribution.
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