Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a probability sample?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simple random sample 
B)  Multistage sample 
C)  Convenience sample 
D)  Systematic sample 
E)  Cluster sample 
A)  Simple random sample 
B)  Multistage sample 
C)  Convenience sample 
D)  Systematic sample 
E)  Cluster sample

Question 2

Another word for observer effects is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Observer bias 
B)  Reactivity 
C)  Interrater reliability 
D)  Unobtrusive observation 
E)  Observational error 
A)  Observer bias 
B)  Reactivity 
C)  Interrater reliability 
D)  Unobtrusive observation 
E)  Observational error

Question 3

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Give the survey questions to different groups of people. 
B)  Prepare different versions of the survey, varying the order of the questions. 
C)  Combine the two questions into a single question. 
D)  Both b and c control for question order effects. 
E)  All of the above control for question order effects. 
A)  Give the survey questions to different groups of people. 
B)  Prepare different versions of the survey, varying the order of the questions. 
C)  Combine the two questions into a single question. 
D)  Both b and c control for question order effects. 
E)  All of the above control for question order effects.

Question 4

A representative sample is most necessary for which type of claim (frequency,association,or causal)? Why?

Accepted Answer

Students should state that a representat

Question 5

Masked,or blind,study designs are designed to deal with:

Accepted Answer

A)  Yea-saying biases 
B)  Bystander effect 
C)  Observer bias 
D)  Observer effects 
E)  Interrater reliability 
A)  Yea-saying biases 
B)  Bystander effect 
C)  Observer bias 
D)  Observer effects 
E)  Interrater reliability

Question 6

Dr.Oishi is an educational psychologist interested in students' attitudes toward math and their effect on performance on standardized tests.He chooses his local school district to study.There are 15 middle schools and he randomly chooses five.Then,of the 1,500 students in each of those five schools,he randomly recruits 250 students.This is an example of which of the following sampling techniques?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simple random sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Systematic sample 
D)  Multistage sample 
E)  Cluster sample 
A)  Simple random sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Systematic sample 
D)  Multistage sample 
E)  Cluster sample

Question 7

RESEARCH STUDY 6.2
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 with opposite-sex friend pairs.
-Refer to Research Study 6.2 above to answer the following question. Given the scenario above,Dr.Ewell is concerned that the children will behave differently because of the presence of research assistants.Which of the following could he do to address this concern?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use a masked study design 
B)  Have two undergraduate research assistants make the observations instead of just one 
C)  Observe the same-sex friend pairs on the first day and the opposite-sex friend pairs on the second day 
D)  Hide a video camera in the daycare center and record the children playing without them knowing 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Use a masked study design 
B)  Have two undergraduate research assistants make the observations instead of just one 
C)  Observe the same-sex friend pairs on the first day and the opposite-sex friend pairs on the second day 
D)  Hide a video camera in the daycare center and record the children playing without them knowing 
E)  All of the above

Question 8

RESEARCH STUDY 6.1
Professor Kramer has decided to measure how happy his students are with his teaching this semester. He is teaching two classes this semester-Psychology and Law class and Introduction to Neuroscience class. His survey has the following questions.
  
-Refer to Research Study 6.1 above to answer the following question. Which of the questions above is an example of an open-ended question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Question A 
B)  Question B 
C)  Question C 
D)  Question D 
E)  Both a and b 
A)  Question A 
B)  Question B 
C)  Question C 
D)  Question D 
E)  Both a and b

Question 9

If researchers measure every tenth member of a population,they have:

Accepted Answer

A)  Conducted a census 
B)  Collected a sample 
C)  Decreased external validity 
D)  Increased internal validity 
E)  Biased the study 
A)  Conducted a census 
B)  Collected a sample 
C)  Decreased external validity 
D)  Increased internal validity 
E)  Biased the study

Question 10

State three ways that a researcher could reduce observer effects/reactivity in a study and why each one is effective.

Accepted Answer

Students should state that one option is

Which of the following is NOT an example of a probability sample?

Another word for observer effects is:

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

A representative sample is most necessary for which type of claim (frequency,association,or causal)? Why?

Masked,or blind,study designs are designed to deal with:

If researchers measure every tenth member of a population,they have:

State three ways that a researcher could reduce observer effects/reactivity in a study and why each one is effective.

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Exam 6: Describing What People Do: Surveys,Observations,and Sampling

Which of the following is NOT an example of a probability sample?

Another word for observer effects is:

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

A representative sample is most necessary for which type of claim (frequency,association,or causal)? Why?

Masked,or blind,study designs are designed to deal with:

If researchers measure every tenth member of a population,they have:

State three ways that a researcher could reduce observer effects/reactivity in a study and why each one is effective.

Psychology Is a Way of Thinking

Sources of Information: Evaluating,Finding,and Reading Information

Three Claims,Four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research

Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research

Identifying Good Measurement

Bivariate Correlational Research

Multivariate Correlational Research

Introduction to Simple Experiments

More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring Variables

Experiments With More Than One Independent Variable

Quasi-Experiments and Small-N Designs

Replicability,Generalization,and the Real World

Filters