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Evaluating Numerical Information MCQ

Evaluating Numerical Information MCQ

1. The arbitrary selection of information, ignoring other kinds of information is known as ______ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Cherry-Picking

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2. The idea that belief should increase gradually as additional high-quality consistent supporting evidence is obtained is known as ______ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Degree of Belief

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3. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee involving nonhuman animal par­ticipants must be approved by an IACUC before data collection.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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4. The Institutional Review Board involves human participants in the United States .

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Correct Answer: True

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5. A new study that reproduces a past study with systematic changes in the methodology is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Conceptual Replication

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6. A new study that reproduces a past study, keeping all methods the same is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Exact Replication

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7. Replication replicate a study by reproducing or repeating it

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Correct Answer: True

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8. Peer Review is a quality control mechanism that usually prevents the publication of poor-quality research information.

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Correct Answer: True

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9. Protective Factors are associated with lower risk for _______ .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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10. A ________ is usually neither necessary nor sufficient for the disease or problem to occur.

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Correct Answer: Risk factor

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11. A ________ is usually neither necessary nor sufficient for the disease or problem to occur.

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Correct Answer: Risk factor

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12. A ________ is usually neither necessary nor sufficient for the disease or problem to occur.

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Correct Answer: Risk factor

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13. X is a necessary and sufficient condition for Y if ______ of these statements are true .

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Correct Answer: Both

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14. X is a necessary but not sufficient condition for Y if both of these statements are true

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Correct Answer: True

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15. A parametric correlation statistic that provides informa­tion about the strength of a relationship between two quantitative variables .

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Correct Answer: True

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16. The word _______ is sometimes used generically to refer to any statistical association between a pair of variables.

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Correct Answer: Correlation

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17. Fallacy (error) occurs when a person assumes that a prior event caused a later event is known as ________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

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18. Generalizability of Results is the degree to which a researcher can claim that results obtained in a ________ would be the same for a population of interest .

Answer

Correct Answer: Specific sample

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19. Plagiarism is when authors present ________ of other people as if they were the authors’ own new contributions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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20. Citation is an Identification of the source of _______ .

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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21. Case Study is the examination of a _______ in science. This is more systematic than anecdotal evidence.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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22. Anecdotes are stories, often about an individual ______ .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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23. Testimonials are first-person accounts.

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Correct Answer: True

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24. Third-party Content written by someone who may have examined only ________ such as news reports or press releases.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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25. A report written by someone who may have access to primary sources but has no firsthand knowledge of data collection and analysis ,this statement is related to _________ .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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26. Science Journal publishes peer-reviewed scientific research reports called an _______ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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27. A ________ is a research report written by a researcher who has firsthand knowledge about data collection and analysis.

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Correct Answer: Primary source

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28. Literature Reviews focuses on published research, but unpublished results may also be discussed.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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29. Confirmation Bias is the tendency to _________ with evidence and arguments consistent with one’s prior beliefs.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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30. Numeracy is a skill needed to evaluate simple ________ information .

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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31. _______ information refers to simple numerical information .

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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