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Research Methods III

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Degree Psychology Quiz on Research Methods III, created by Ben Armstrong on 16/01/2017.
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Question 1

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What does the term psychometrics mean?
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  • Psychological measurement
  • Physiological experiments
  • A set of matrices
  • A form of drug therapy

Question 2

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A type of psychometric test is ability. What do these measure?
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  • Measures of skill (speed, accuracy, IQ)
  • Measures of traits (temperament, disposition)
  • Measures of reinforcers
  • Measures of schedules

Question 3

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If a measure is reliable, it will give ______________ scores when you take the measurement again
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  • different
  • similar
  • contrasting
  • alternative

Question 4

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What does a true score reflect?
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  • The persons genuine ability, characteristic or potential
  • The persons predicted ability
  • The persons average ability
  • The persons conscious beliefs

Question 5

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Reliability is determined by...
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  • how much error variance is in the measurement
  • how many accurate responses an individual gives
  • the standard deviation
  • the squared variance

Question 6

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If the test is not valid, it will not...
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  • Allow accurate identification
  • Measure the intended construct
  • Predict behavior adequately
  • All of the answers

Question 7

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An alpha coefficient of ________ is considered reliable.
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  • .60
  • >.70
  • <.60
  • .55

Question 8

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When conducting an Exploratory Factor Analysis....
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  • Assume a given factor structure
  • Examines whether the data fit the pre- specified factor structure
  • You don’t make any assumptions about the underlying structure of the measure
  • You look at extraneous reinforcement

Question 9

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What is an overall definition of a T-test?
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  • Looking at differences in the Mean of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
  • Looking at differences in the Standard deviation of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
  • Looking at differences in the error of two groups in relation to the Variance of the groups
  • None of the answers

Question 10

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How do you calculate Variance σ2?
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  • Calculate the deviation of each score from the mean
  • Calculate the standard error of each score from the mean
  • Calculate the sums of squares score from the mean
  • Square root the standard error

Question 11

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Standard Error is the term used to describe ...
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  • the Standard Deviation of a number of sample means
  • the mean of a number of sample means
  • the error of a number of sample means
  • None of the answers

Question 12

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To find the critical value you need...
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  • The alpha level (usually α=.05)
  • The degrees of freedom
  • Whether the test is 1 or 2 tailed
  • All of the answers

Question 13

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When using an independent samples t....
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  • participants provide one data point
  • participants provide more than one data point
  • individual data points but we match pairs from each group on important variables
  • Every participant takes part in all the levels of the independent variable

Question 14

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Average Error is also known as...
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  • Variance
  • Standard deviations
  • Square roots
  • Squared variance

Question 15

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Which of the following is NOT an example of predictive validity?
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  • A questionnaire measure of enjoyment of social interactions correlates negatively with clinician-rated symptoms of social-anxiety
  • People who take more risks on a task designed to measure impulsive risk taking also use illegal substances more often.
  • People’s scores on two different self-report measures of depression are similar across multiple time points.
  • A questionnaire measure of schizophrenia symptoms distinguishes between people diagnosed with schizophrenia and people diagnosed with bipolar disorder

Question 16

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A matched pairs design refers to which of the following...
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  • All participants receive all levels of each condition
  • Data is collected from two individuals that has been matched based on their score for the dependent variable.
  • Data is collected from one individual but it is collected across two timepoints.
  • Data is collected from two individuals, but matched on variables that are important for the study

Question 17

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If two variables are “co-related”, which of the following can you NOT say about their relationship?
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  • Scores on variable A can be used to predict scores on variable B
  • There is a statistical relationship between variables A and B.
  • Variable A is responsible for causing changes in variable B.
  • Variable C may influence the relationship between variables A and B

Question 18

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Which of the following is incorrect when considering Thematic Analysis?
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  • The top down approach starts with a theme in mind, and the data is organised accordingly.
  • The bottom up approach works from the data up, allowing themes to emerge.
  • A hybrid of top-down and bottom up approaches are commonly used.
  • None of the answers

Question 19

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What is the intercept in this table?
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  • (constant) -26.61
  • (advertising budget) .09
  • (no. of plays on the radio) 3.37
  • (attractiveness of band) 11.09

Question 20

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What do ontological perspectives look at?
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  • A half-way house
  • the world and our interpretation of it
  • eyes or something?
  • Other peoples perspectives on our existence

Question 21

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Reflexivity is the process of critically reflecting on the knowledge we produce. Which of the following does reflexivity do?
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  • Attempts to counter the issue of subjectivity
  • Brings the researcher into the research
  • Part of quality control
  • All of the answers

Question 22

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A correlation of .7 was found between time spent studying and percentage on an exam. What is the proportion of variance in exam scores that can be explained by time spent studying?
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  • .7
  • .49
  • .3
  • .70

Question 23

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If Pearson’s correlation coefficient between stress level and workload is .8, how much variance in stress level is not accounted for by workload?
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  • 20%
  • 2%
  • 8%
  • 36%

Question 24

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What was the first standardised test?
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  • Rorschach
  • Binet & Simon test of Intelligence
  • TAT
  • Cattell's 16pf

Question 25

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What is the difference between an experimental design and a quasi experimental design?
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  • experimental designs are not random, whereas quasi-experimental is
  • quasi-experimental designs are not random, whereas experimental is
  • neither of the designs use random allocation
  • experimental designs are more scientific than quasi-experimental

Question 26

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We want a ______ difference and a _______ amount of error to give us a more significant T
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  • large, small
  • small, large
  • average, average
  • minus value, positive value

Question 27

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The _________ overlap between the distributions, the more likely you are to find statistically significant differences.
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  • more
  • less
  • neither of the answers

Question 28

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Partial Correlation controls for.....
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  • the effect of a third variable (or more) on both variables
  • the correlation between two variables
  • uses both a correlation and a t-test
  • uses both a correlation and regression

Question 29

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intonation is variation of spoken ______
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  • pitch
  • tone
  • language
  • discourse

Question 30

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1st order: Descriptive level coding
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  • Minimal interpretation
  • Often requires revision
  • Words to describe a chunk of text
  • All of the answers
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