Exam 6: Surveys and Observations: Describing What People Do

Which of the following is a poll likely to measure?

Write three questions designed to measure liking for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches-one forced-choice,one open-ended,and one with a response scale (can be of any type).

Why are double-barreled questions problematic?

Faking good is also known as

Forced-choice question formats are especially good at dealing with which of the following issues?

Dr.Smith is interested in measuring how adults view sexual behavior in teenagers.She asks the following two questions.Explain why Dr.Smith should be worried and how she can correct the problem. i.Is it okay for boys under the age of 18 to be sexually active? ii.Is it okay for girls under the age of 18 to be sexually active?

Dr.Gore is conducting a survey examining people's opinions toward funding for collegiate athletics on his campus.He notices that several participants agree with all 12 questions.This could be an example of all of the following EXCEPT:

What is an advantage of open-ended questions? What is a disadvantage?

Dr.Ewell,a developmental psychologist,is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs. -Imagine that Dr.Ewell calculates an ICC for his two raters.Which of the following would be the best value for Dr.Ewell to find?

Explain why each of the following poses problems to a measure's validity: response sets (acquiescence,nay-saying,and fence sitting),socially desirable responding (faking good or faking bad),and inability to report.

Explain the difference between observer bias and observer effects and give an example of each.

Dr.Ewell,a developmental psychologist,is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs. -Given the scenario above,Dr.Ewell decides to collect his data at a neighborhood park.He has his two research assistants pose as a married couple having a picnic.While having their picnic,they take detailed records of the sharing behavior of the children and note whether the pairs are same sex or opposite sex.This technique is known as:

Dr.Gahan decides to create a questionnaire asking about people's attitudes toward immigration (a socially sensitive topic).He should be most concerned about which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT a way to deal with reactivity?

In which of the following studies is self-report the best data collection option?

Dr.Fletcher is concerned about a fence-sitting response set when he conducts his survey.Which of the following might you recommend to decrease fence sitting?

Which of the following is true?

Unobtrusive observation is done to counteract which of the following?

The construct validity of observations can be threatened by all of the following EXCEPT:

Dr.Leman is interested in using a survey to study people's experiences with natural disasters,like Hurricane Sandy and the tornadoes that hit Joplin,Missouri,and Tuscaloosa,Alabama.Provide one reason why a survey is a good method to study this topic and one reason that a survey may not be a good method.