Research Methods

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Quiz on Research Methods, created by meganwhitmore13 on 20/04/2014.
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Question 1

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What are the major features of science? (select them below)
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  • Empiricism
  • Research
  • Objectivity
  • Replicability
  • Reliability
  • Control
  • Theory construction

Question 2

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What is Peer review?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 3

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What is a laboratory experiment?
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  • 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.

Question 4

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Tick two exapmles of a self-report method.
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  • Questionnaires
  • Observations
  • Correlational analysis
  • Interviews

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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Validity refers to how truthful the data is
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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

Question 9

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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).
Answer
  • Chi Squared
  • Mann Whitney
  • Spearmans Rho
  • Wilcoxon Test

Question 10

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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.
Answer
  • Mann Whitney
  • Spearmans Rho
  • Chi Squared
  • Wilcoxon Test

Question 11

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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.
Answer
  • Mann Whitney
  • Wilcoxon Test
  • Chi Squared
  • Spearman's Rho

Question 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.
Answer
  • Mann Whitney
  • Spearman's Rho
  • Wilcoxon Test
  • Chi Squared
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