Ethics
Graphs
Research Methods
Vocabulary
R+P
100
Name one ethical guideline
Protection from harm, IRB, Discontinuing participation, Deception, Confidentiality, Debriefing, Informed Consent, Informed Assent
100
What direction is a graph with a hump on the left skewed?
Right
100
Jane is observing monkeys in their natural habitat. What kind of study is she performing?
Naturalistic Observation
100
Define Social Desirability Bias
Participants answer in the manner that they believe the researchers want them to.
100
What’s the difference between a P value and an R value?
An R has to do with the correlation and P has to do with the validity of the study
200
In human research, what is informed consent?
A. Participants must know they are involved in a study and give written consent
B. Participants know they are involved in a study, but do not have to give written consent
C. Participants go into a study blindly
D. Participants don’t have to know that what they’re doing is for research, but they must give written consent
A. Participants must know they are involved in a study and give written consent
200
How do you know when a graph is skewed left?
When the hump is on the right
200
11 participants are asked to rate an emotion from 1-5, what study technique is this?
Likert Scale
200
Define Z score
A statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values. Z-score is measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean.
200
What does a p-value close to 0 mean about the study?
The hypothesis is likely correct
300
Jimmy volunteered for a study, and went through with it, despite his mother saying no. What ethical guideline was violated?
Informed consent
300
If a graph is skewed to the left, is it positively or negatively skewed?
Negatively skewed
300
What is the difference between correlational and experimental studies?
Correlational investigates the relationship between two variables whereas for experimental it's just one.
300
When a hypothesis is able to be proven incorrect by a logical test it is:
Falsifiable
300
What does a r-value close to 0 mean?
The variables are not strongly correlated.
400
Why do institutional review boards have to review studies?
To make sure they’re ethical and follow guidelines
400
What is this type of curve called?
Bimodal distribution
400
Researchers used several studies with the same independant variable (tv time) and dependant variable (sleep time) to support their hypothesis about sleep. What research method is this?
Meta-analysis
400
When the wording of questions on a survey affects the participants answers, this is called
Wording Effects
400
What is the r-value of this graph?
A. -0.95
B. 0
C. .50
D. -0.50
B. 0
500
Which of the following is not considered an ethical reason for deception of subjects in a study?
A. The study can’t be completed without deceit
B. Subjects will be told of the deception afterwards, and allowed to learn the truth behind the research and methods
C. All of these are acceptable reasons for deception in a psychological study
D. Deception in this study could provide researchers with new and valuable insights
E. They would be upset if they knew the truth
E. They would be upset if they knew the truth
500
Which line represents the mode of this graph?
How do you know?
Line 3
500
This study had an r-value of -1. What type of study is this and what does it imply about the variables?
Correlational
Inversely correlated - strongly
500
Name this vocab word: Quantitative measure of magnitude of effect, regardless of statistical significance
Effect Size
500
If a study has a low p-value and a low effect size, what does that mean about the study?
The independent variable most likely causes the dependent variable to change, but only has a small effect on it.