Research Methods (Statistics and Applications) MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

Characteristics of the study that lead a participant to guess at the study’s hypothesis and change their behavior accordingly is called demand characteristics

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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Complete Counterbalancing is randomly assigning par-ticipants to all the possible sequences of conditions in an experiment.

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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Region of acceptance is area of sampling distribution generally defined by the mean +/–2 SD or 95% of the distribution; results falling in this region imply that our sample belongs to the sampling distribution defined by the H0 and result in the researcher retaining the H0.

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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Experiments focus primarily on maximizing ______.

External validity

Internal validity

Ecological validity

Confound validity

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Internal validity

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_______ is used to graph used to display interval or ratio data in which the frequency of scores is depicted on the y-axis and the interval ratings or ratio scores are depicted on the x-axis. Adjacent bars represent the frequency of each rat-ing or score.

Bar graph

Histogram

Frequency Polygon

Pie graph

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Histogram

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Which of the following research designs is best able to demonstrate causation?

Descriptive research

Correlational research

Quasi-experimental research

Experimental research

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Experimental research

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In a study comparing the anxiety scores of college athletes to the average for college students, you find h2 = .20. You interpret this to mean ______.

There is a significant difference between the anxiety scores of the athletes and those of most college students

There is not a significant difference between the anxiety scores of the athletes and those of most college students

The effect size is weak

Twenty percentage of the variability in the athletes’ anxiety scores are accounted for by their group membership

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Twenty percentage of the variability in the athletes’ anxiety scores are accounted for by their group membership

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____ random assignment is process in which participants are put into matched sets and then each member of the set is assigned to one IV level so that all in the set have an equal chance of experiencing any of the levels.

Single

Match

Simple

None of these

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Match

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After the first test, your professor found a correlation of r = –.23 between students’ self-reported anxiety and test scores. This means that ______.

Students’ level of anxiety is not related to their test scores

There is a moderate positive relationship between anxiety and test scores

There is a weak negative relationship between anxiety and test scores

Anxiety causes lower test scores

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: There is a weak negative relationship between anxiety and test scores

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Checklist is a list of qualities or behaviors that are checked if present.

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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MCQ on Basic Research Methods (Statistics and Applications)	MCQ on Basics of Research Design
MCQ on Build a Solid Foundation on Past Research	MCQ on Comparing Research with Expected Score
MCQ on Cornerstones of Good Research	MCQ on Dependent-Groups Designs of Research
MCQ on Describing Research Methods	MCQ on Examining Causality of Research
MCQ on Examining Relationships among Statistics and Applications	MCQ on Factorial Designs of Research
MCQ on Focusing on the Individual Research	MCQ on Independent-Groups Design of Research
MCQ on Making Inferences Based on Your Research	MCQ on Nonparametric Statistics
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Research Methods (Statistics And Applications) Quick Quiz

Characteristics of the study that lead a participant to guess at the study’s hypothesis and change their behavior accordingly is called demand characteristics

Complete Counterbalancing is randomly assigning par-ticipants to all the possible sequences of conditions in an experiment.

Region of acceptance is area of sampling distribution generally defined by the mean +/–2 SD or 95% of the distribution; results falling in this region imply that our sample belongs to the sampling distribution defined by the H0 and result in the researcher retaining the H0.

Experiments focus primarily on maximizing ______.

_______ is used to graph used to display interval or ratio data in which the frequency of scores is depicted on the y-axis and the interval ratings or ratio scores are depicted on the x-axis. Adjacent bars represent the frequency of each rat-ing or score.

Which of the following research designs is best able to demonstrate causation?

In a study comparing the anxiety scores of college athletes to the average for college students, you find h2 = .20. You interpret this to mean ______.

____ random assignment is process in which participants are put into matched sets and then each member of the set is assigned to one IV level so that all in the set have an equal chance of experiencing any of the levels.

After the first test, your professor found a correlation of r = –.23 between students’ self-reported anxiety and test scores. This means that ______.

Checklist is a list of qualities or behaviors that are checked if present.