Research Methods - A2 Psychology

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Test sobre Research Methods - A2 Psychology, creado por connie.coombs el 05/06/2014.
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Pregunta 1

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Wilcoxon is used when testing for a difference.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 2

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Chi-square is used when testing for a correlation.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

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Spearman's Rho is used when testing for a difference.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

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Mann-Whitney is used when testing for a difference.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 5

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What statistical test is used when the data is correlational?
Respuesta
  • Mann-Whitney
  • Chi-Square
  • Spearman's Rho
  • Wilcoxon

Pregunta 6

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What statistical test is used when the data is nominal?
Respuesta
  • Spearman's Rho
  • Chi-Square
  • Wilcoxon
  • Mann-Whitney

Pregunta 7

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Which statistical test is used when there is an independent groups design?
Respuesta
  • Wilcoxon
  • Spearman's Rho
  • Chi-Square
  • Mann-Whitney

Pregunta 8

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Which three of these apply to the Wilcoxon test?
Respuesta
  • Data is ordinal, interval or ratio
  • Data is nominal
  • Used when testing for a difference
  • Used with an independent groups design
  • Used with a repeated measures design
  • Used when the sets of data are related

Pregunta 9

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Psychologists most often use a probability of 95%, so there's a 5% chance the results aren't significant.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 10

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Which type of error states that the results aren't significant, when in fact they are?
Respuesta
  • Type 1
  • Type 2

Pregunta 11

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Which type of error states that the results are significant, when in fact they're due to chance?
Respuesta
  • Type 1
  • Type 2

Pregunta 12

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A one-tailed test is used in conjunction with a directional hypothesis.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

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A two-tailed test can only be used with a non-directional hypothesis.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 14

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What is a directional hypothesis?
Respuesta
  • A hypothesis that states the results will go a certain way, e.g. 'I predict women eat more food than men'
  • A hypothesis that states there will be a difference, but doesn't say in which way, e.g. 'I predict there will be a difference between the amount that women and men eat'

Pregunta 15

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What is a null hypothesis?
Respuesta
  • States there will be a difference, but doesn't say which way results will go, e.g. 'I predict there will be a difference in the amount women and men eat'
  • States the results will be due to chance, e.g. 'There will be no significant difference in the amount men and women eat'

Pregunta 16

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Give two strengths of lab experiments.
Respuesta
  • Greatest control over independent variable
  • Higher ecological validity
  • Few demand characteristics
  • Control over ethics

Pregunta 17

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Give two weaknesses of natural experiments.
Respuesta
  • Demand characteristics
  • No control over extraneous variables
  • Low ecological validity
  • Ethical issues

Pregunta 18

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Give one strength and one weakness of field experiments.
Respuesta
  • Higher ecological validity than lab studies
  • Full control over independent variables
  • Less control over extraneous variables
  • High risk of demand characteristics

Pregunta 19

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Demand characteristics are where the participants become aware (either consciously or subconsciously) of the aims of the study, and alter their behaviour as such.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 20

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What are investigator effects?
Respuesta
  • Anything the investigator does which has an effect on the behaviour of participants
  • Where the participants become aware of the aims of the study and alter their behaviour as such
  • Features of a research situation that alter the behaviour of participants, such as the time of day, temperature, noise levels etc.

Pregunta 21

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What is the difference between participant effects and participant variables?
Respuesta
  • Participant effects is a general term to acknowledge the fact that p's behaviour can be influenced by being in a study; participant variables are characteristics of individual p's that can influence the outcome of a study
  • Participant effects are characteristics of individual p's that can influence the outcome of a study; participant variables is a general term to acknowledge the fact that p's behaviour can be influenced by being in a study

Pregunta 22

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Single blind tests are where the participants don't know the aims of the study.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 23

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Double blind tests are where the neither participants nor experimenters know the aims of the study.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 24

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How can situational variables be overcome? (Give two answers.)
Respuesta
  • Standardisation
  • Double blind
  • Counterbalancing
  • Anonymity
  • Matched pairs

Pregunta 25

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Order effects can be overcome using counterbalancing.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 26

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Volunteer bias can be overcome using random sampling.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 27

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There are seven ethical considerations needed when conducting human research.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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