Research Methods - A2 Psychology

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Quiz sobre Research Methods - A2 Psychology, criado por connie.coombs em 05-06-2014.
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Questão 1

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

Questão 2

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

Questão 3

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

Questão 4

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

Questão 5

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

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

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

Questão 8

Questão
Which three of these apply to the Wilcoxon test?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 9

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

Questão 10

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

Questão 11

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

Questão 12

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

Questão 13

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

Questão 14

Questão
What is a directional hypothesis?
Responda
  • 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'

Questão 15

Questão
What is a null hypothesis?
Responda
  • 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'

Questão 16

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

Questão 17

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

Questão 18

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

Questão 19

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

Questão 20

Questão
What are investigator effects?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 21

Questão
What is the difference between participant effects and participant variables?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 22

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

Questão 23

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

Questão 24

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

Questão 25

Questão
Order effects can be overcome using counterbalancing.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 26

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

Questão 27

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

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