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1Pedro wants to gauge the nation’s attitudes toward handguns, so he polls a very large sample of National Rifle Association (NRA) members and asks them what they think. Despite having a lot of data, Pedro’s conclusions are likely to be biased. Why?
- AHe used a survey when he should have used an interview to collect the data.
- BThe sample he used was not representative of the population he is interested in learning about.
- CHe did not use alternate-forms reliability when constructing his measurements.
- DSamples should always include about 13 percent of the population being studied.
2Aleia has been assigned to do a research project on human development for her Introductory Psychology course. She decides to conduct a case study of her Uncle Joe and devises a days-long set of interview questions for him, ranging from his childhood experiences through the ensuing 60 years of his life. Although her intentions are admirable, Aleia might have spent the time more profitably by using a different methodology. Why?
- ABy definition, case studies involve studying, and Aleia did not devote enough time to this project.
- BCase studies always produce biased and inaccurate results.
- CCase studies are a technique typically used by biologists, but not by psychologists.
- DCase studies are of limited usefulness in deriving general conclusions about behavior.
3Both Jahnavi and Mira are interested in developmental psychology, specifically the types of play 5-year-olds engage in. Jahnavi visits a local park and unobtrusively makes notes about the children she sees. Mira invites parents and their children to a specially designed room in the psychology building and watches the children through a one-way mirror. Both approaches are sensible. The difference is that Jahnavi is using __________, whereas Mira is using __________.
- Alaboratory observation; naturalistic observation
- Blaboratory observation; the case study method
- Cthe case study method; naturalistic observation
- Dnaturalistic observation; laboratory observation
4Desmond creates and administers a test of the personality trait of neuroticism to a group of ninth graders. He finds that students in the sample tend to get drastically different scores on the test each time they take it, suggesting that his test is particularly lacking in __________.
- Aprojective content
- Bvalidity
- Creliability
- Dnaturalism
5Britt wants to know whether drug use is widespread on his college campus. He asks the members of his Chemical Dependency class if they would be willing to respond to a short survey that he has constructed on this topic. Half the class agrees to participate. When Britt analyzes the data, he concludes that drug use indeed takes place at a high rate. What is the flaw in this research process?
- AThe students who volunteered to participate might be quite different in their drug-taking attitudes or habits than those who chose not to participate.
- BBritt should have used observational methods instead of a survey.
- CBritt’s survey probably had little to do with drug-taking policies and more to do with drug-taking attitudes.
- DBritt’s sample was representative of his college population, but it may not have been representative of the average of college populations in his home state.
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- Beschreibung
- Doing Research: Moving From Questions to Data
- Autor
- Kate Epifanio
- Sprache
- English
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- 9
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- Erstellt am 5 Sep 2019 · aktualisiert am 5 Sep 2019
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