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1which of the following statements comes closest to being a useful hypothesis?
- Athe provision of case management services should be increased
- Bthe number of days spent in institutions can be reduced
- Cthe number of days spent in institutions, the fewer the number of days spent outside the institution
2the term "validity as applied in measurement refers to:
- Athe extent to which the application of the measure produces consistent results
- Bwhether the operational definition reflects the real meaning of the concept under study
- Ca and b, both
- Dnone of the above
3operational definition is defined as:
- Aa concrete procedure to gather data about the amount of a variable that a person has
- Bthe idea that the variable reflects
- Canother name for reliability
- Da and b, both
4when a measure is reliable:
- Ait is also valid
- Bit is not necessarily valid
- Cnone of the above
5external validity refers to:
- Athe amount of generalizability a study has
- Bapplying the same operational definition to different samples
- Cexternal validity and operational definition are the same concepts
- Da and b, both
6contaminating variables are:
- Aanother name for an antecedent variable
- Banother name for an experimental variable
- Cvariables that the researcher believes impact upon the variables being tested
- Da casual variable
7internal validity is about:
- Athe causal relationship between variables
- Bthe same concept as generalizability
- Cwhether the study is replicable
8one can infer "causality" through internal validity if there is:
- Aa research design
- Bgood external validity
- Cgood temporal priority, covariation, and control of contaminating variables
- Dgood match between sample subjects and the population
9covariation means:
- Aboth variables change in the same direction
- Bif there is a change in one variable, then there is a change in the other variable
- Cthe data is meaningful
- Dall the above
10the findings of a study indicate that young adolescents , their mean on family planning vocabulary is 130, older adolescents, their mean on family planning vocabulary is 157. This information means:
- Athe two groups are different
- Bthere is covariation
- Cboth, a and b
- Dnone of the above is true
11a reliability coefficient of 1.00 means:
- Aa perfect reliability
- Bthe measure is not reliable
- Ca meaningless number is relation to reliability
- Dnone of the above
12the closer the reliability coefficient is to the number 1.00:
- Athe more reliable the instrument is
- Ba sign that the researcher can proceed with the research
- Cnone of the above
- Da and b, both
13for the following four questions (13-16), consider the hypothesis that states that those in marriages in which the spouses were teenagers when they married will have lower levels of marital satisfaction than those in marriages in which the bride and groom were in their thirties
the antecedent or predictor/independent variable is:- Aspouses
- Bmarital satisfaction
- Cage
- Dage at marriage
14for the following four questions (13-16), consider the hypothesis that states that those in marriages in which the spouses were teenagers when they married will have lower levels of marital satisfaction than those in marriages in which the bride and groom were in their thirties
the consequent or outcome/dependent variable is:- Aspouses
- Bmarital satisfaction
- Cage
- Dage at marriage
15 for the following four questions (13-16), consider the hypothesis that states that those in marriages in which the spouses were teenagers when they married will have lower levels of marital satisfaction than those in marriages in which the bride and groom were in their thirties
the population of interest is:- Aspouses
- Bpeople
- Cteenagers
- Dmiddle age couples
16for the following four questions (13-16), consider the hypothesis that states that those in marriages in which the spouses were teenagers when they married will have lower levels of marital satisfaction than those in marriages in which the bride and groom were in their thirties
the type of relationship as stated between the variables in the hypothesis is:- Anegative
- Bpositive
- Ccurvilinear
17values:
- Aare objective
- Bare defined as knowledge
- Care subjective
- Dhave to do with facts
- Enone of the above
18the statement "wealthy people should pay higher taxes than poor people" is a:
- Ahypothesis
- Btheory
- Cfact
- Dvalue judgement
19if marital discord increases when socio-environmental stress increases, that would be an example of what kind of relationship?
- Anegative
- Bpositive
- Ccurvilinear
20scientific evidence should be based on:
- Athe teaching of authoritative scientists
- Bsystematic and comprehensive observations
- Cobservations gathered in ways that seek to reduce the influence of researcher biases
- Dall of the above
- Eb and c only
21for the following five questions (21-25), consider the statement that children from higher-income families tend to have higher levels of cognitive ability than children from lower-income families
this statement is an example of:- Ahypothesis
- Btheory
- Cresearch question
- Dvalue statement
22for the following five questions (21-25), consider the statement that children from higher-income families tend to have higher levels of cognitive ability than children from lower-income families
the antecedent variable is:- Ahigh income
- Bcognitive ability
- Cfamily income
- Dchildren
23for the following five questions (21-25), consider the statement that children from higher-income families tend to have higher levels of cognitive ability than children from lower-income families
the consequent variable is- Ahigh income
- Bcognitive ability
- Cfamily income
- Dchildren
24for the following five questions (21-25), consider the statement that children from higher-income families tend to have higher levels of cognitive ability than children from lower-income families
the population of interest is:- Afamilies
- Bchildren
- Cpeople
- Dincomes
25for the following five questions (21-25), consider the statement that children from higher-income families tend to have higher levels of cognitive ability than children from lower-income families
the type of relationship is:- Anegative
- Bpositive
- Ccurvilinear
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