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Research Methods

Question 1 of 12

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What are the major features of science? (select them below)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Empiricism

  • Research

  • Objectivity

  • Replicability

  • Reliability

  • Control

  • Theory construction

Explanation

Question 2 of 12

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What is Peer review?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The process of working with others to ensure that the work you do is scientific.

  • The process whereby a professional from the same field assesses the work of others, to ensure it is scientific, before publication.

Explanation

Question 3 of 12

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What is a laboratory experiment?

Select one or more of the following:

  • An experiment conducted in a natural environement with an IV but possible EV's to affect the study.

  • A highly controlled experiment, in a highly controlled environment..

  • An experiment using existing IV's and naturally occuring IV's.

Explanation

Question 4 of 12

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Tick two exapmles of a self-report method.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Questionnaires

  • Observations

  • Correlational analysis

  • Interviews

Explanation

Question 5 of 12

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Reliability depends on whether the study can be repeated and gain the same, or similar results.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 6 of 12

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Reliability depends on whether the study can be repeated and gain the same, or similar results.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 12

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Validity refers to how truthful the data is

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 12

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What are the ethical considerations psychologists must take into account? Tick the following that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Competance

  • Respect- including the right to withdraw, confidentiality and anonymity...

  • Care of participants

  • Responsibility- e.g. protection from physical harm, and debriefing.

  • Lying- Do not lie to your participants

  • Integrity- e.g. honesty and accuracy.

Explanation

Question 9 of 12

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Which statistical analyisis do you use when: There is a correlation between two co-variables, the data is pairs of scores from one person or thing i.e. the two are related, the data is ordinal or interval (so it is not nominal).

Select one of the following:

  • Chi Squared

  • Mann Whitney

  • Spearmans Rho

  • Wilcoxon Test

Explanation

Question 10 of 12

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Which test is used when the hypothesis predicts a difference between the two conditions or an assosciation between two variables, The sets of data are independant, The data is nominal.

Select one of the following:

  • Mann Whitney

  • Spearmans Rho

  • Chi Squared

  • Wilcoxon Test

Explanation

Question 11 of 12

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Which test do you use in this case? When the hypothesis predicts a difference between two sets of data, when the data is from two sets of participants (independant groups), and the data is ordinal.

Select one of the following:

  • Mann Whitney

  • Wilcoxon Test

  • Chi Squared

  • Spearman's Rho

Explanation

Question 12 of 12

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What about this test: When the hypothesis predicts a difference between two sets of data, the two sets of data are pairs of scores from one person or a matches pair, the data is ordinal.

Select one of the following:

  • Mann Whitney

  • Spearman's Rho

  • Wilcoxon Test

  • Chi Squared

Explanation

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