Exam 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

In Canadian institutions,the ____________ are charged with ensuring that any proposed research conforms to the Tri-Council Policy statement Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.

Donald Campbell encouraged researchers to proactively identify and remedy potential design problems that could undermine a study's _________.

Structural equation modeling (SEM)is used to

The association of a measure with other relevant data measured at some future point in time is known as

Which of the following involves a set of statistical procedures to quantitatively review research in an area?

Why is low statistical power a common threat to the statistical conclusion validity of a study?

Aspects of data analysis that influence the validity of the conclusions drawn about the results of the research study is referred to as

Describe three characteristics of correlational designs.

Concluding there is no effect when a true effect exists is known as a

According to the American Psychological Association Ethical Principles for Research and Publication,when is it justified to use deception in research?

Changes in the participants due to their psychological or physical development that cannot be separated from the experimental manipulation is known as

Which of the following is a common threat to the external validity of a study?

The consistency of scores on a measure across different raters or observers is known as

Correlational designs use which of the following design features?

Which of the following is a common threat to the internal validity of a study?

The loss of participants in a study over time is known as

What feature(s)do quasi-experimental and experimental designs share? How are they different? Why would a researcher choose a quasi-experimental design?

When correlational designs are used to examine the underlying structure of a measure or a set of measures,it is known as

Research ideas can be inspired by:

It is important not to rely on common sense as a guide to appropriate decision making,as there are often logical inconsistencies in the way that people process information and make decisions.Define two common errors in thinking/logical fallacies,and provide an example for each.