Research (Planning, Conducting, And Reporting) MCQ Questions Answers

1. Which statistic should be used if you have one (nominal) independent variable and three dependent variables (all interval/ratio)?

2. Which of the following is true when writing the Discussion?

3. Which of the following is true of reporting the p value?

4. The reader needs to be told what to look for in a table before being referred to the table.

5. The reader should be reminded about what the scores on a particular scale mean in the Results section.

6. Which of the following is true of the Results section?

7. The reader should be reminded of the researcher’s specific hypotheses throughout the paper.

8. Which of the following is NOT true of the Method section?

9. The best way to start the Introduction is with a personal anecdote.

10. He literature review in the Introduction should be exhaustive.

11. Which of the following is true of the abstract?

12. Which of the following is NOT true concerning the title of a research paper?

13. Which parts of a research paper are the most specific and precise?

14. Using multiple direct quotes with quotation marks in a row is a form of plagiarism.

15. Using an author’s exact words without placing them in quotation marks is a form of plagiarism.

16. Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s work without giving appropriate credit.

17. Which computer program takes the text you have and creates word clouds?

18. If you go fishing, make sure you clearly present these analyses as post ho

19. Which is safer?

20. Going fishing is also called data dredging.

21. A concern with deleting outliers is that the researcher might be doing so to make it more likely to find statistically significant results. This is called?

22. Imputation involves replacing missing values with substitute values.

23. What is the term for deleting a case completely if any data are missing?

24. The compute function should come before calculation of Cronbach’s alph

25. An advantage of entering the score for each item on a scale is the ability to calculate Cronbach’s alph

26. What is the term for labels of data that give information about the content of the question?

27. String variables results from answers given in a text box.

28. Which two principles are key in deciding what values to assign to data?

29. When you set up a data file, the distinction between a variable and level is critical.

30. What is the term for a computer program which allows researchers to distribute the different conditions across participants?

31. Portability refers to the ability of researchers to relocate in order to access different participant groups.

32. Probability sampling is the ability to make precise statements about the representativeness of your sample.

33. Which of the following is an ethical issue with conducting research online?

34. Snowball sampling involves first asking friends to participate who in turn ask their friends and so on.

35. Which of the following is NOT a problem with conducting research online?

36. What is the term for the tendency of larger bureaucracies to be less likely to give permission to conduct research?

37. The APA Code of Ethics has a section arguing that professionals should avoid multiple relationships if possible.

38. What is the term for courses in which students integrate academic material with internships or volunteer work?

39. To enhance security for participants and researchers, the study should be conducted in a public place unless doing so would put the participant at risk.

40. What is the most important aspect of choosing participants?

41. Researchers have an ethical responsibility to let potential participants know that the research topic is sensitive.

42. Researchers can deny participants credit if they don’t return for a follow-up session.

43. In order to increase participation, researchers should do which of the following?

44. The Sona system helps manage subject pools.

45. Which of the following is a difference in those who choose to participate in research?

46. Representativeness is the degree to which your sample reflects the population as a whole.

47. In the longitudinal design, you follow the same people over time.

48. Which of the following might be used by architects and designers?

49. A time series design involves many observations on the same variable that are conducted consecutively over a period of time.

50. Which design includes two control groups that parallel two experimental groups and also involves pre-post tests?

51. Pre-post designs are essentially repeated measures.

52. Which design would involve at least one between subjects component and at least one within subjects component?

53. Complete counterbalancing is best used when there are large numbers of treatments.

54. Which of the following involves using all possible sequences of your treatments only once?

55. Within subjects designs should be used in studies of learning, training, and forgetting.

56. Which of the following refers to participants dropping out of one group more than another?

57. Experimental mortality means that the participant died and cannot participate in the followup session of your study.

58. Which of the following causes an improvement in performance?

59. Context effects include practice, sensitization, and carryover.

60. Which of the following is an advantage of a within subjects design?

61. A Within Subjects Design is also called a repeated measures design.

62. Multicollinearity occurs when two dependent variables are highly correlated with each other and therefore we can’t separate the impact of one from the other.

63. The Fair Use Doctrine allows copyrighted materials to be used by the public under certain conditions.

64. In an experiment, everything should be kept the same except for the variables under study. This is called which of the following?

65. In a 3 x 2 ANOVA, which of the following is true?

66. Error rate comparison is defined as the probability of making a Type I error when conducting a single statistical test.

67. A matched groups design involves two groups of participants who are identical other than being different people.

68. In a 3 x 2 ANOVA, which of the following is true?

69. Which statistic should you use if you have one independent variable with two levels (participants only receive one condition) and an interval/ratio dependent variable?

70. An interaction occurs when the effect of one dependent variable changes with the levels of a second dependent variable.

71. Which of the following refers to the dependent variable?

72. Factor is another word for variable in a Between-Subjects design.

73. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a Between-Subjects design?

74. A Between-Subjects design has the advantage of allowing us to analyze the impact of carryover effects.

75. Which design involves the participant being exposed to one condition of one independent variable and multiple conditions of a second variable?

76. In a Between-Subjects design, participants are exposed to only one condition of the experiment.

77. Which of the following starts with observations and then crafts a theory out of them?

78. Triangulation is similar to convergent validity.

79. Which form of observation involves no interference on the part of the researcher?

80. Archival data are a type of physical trace.

81. Which of the following is NOT included in archival research?

82. The ability to prove your hypothesis false is called falsifiability.

83. What is the term for the removal of the subjectivity of the experimenter from the research process?

84. Reflexivity is a form of subject role in which participants react without thinking to what is asked of them in the study.

85. In which of the following would the researcher have the most involvement?

86. In which of the following would the researcher have the most involvement?

87. Qualitative research may involve some quantitative evaluation.

88. Which of the following designs allows you to infer causality?

89. The problem of directionality occurs when a third variable interferes with the interpretation of results.

90. In a taste test, the first group of students tasting pizza receive feedback and the pizza is still hot. The second group of students does not receive feedback and the pizza is cold by the time they participate. Feedback is the independent variable and temperature is not studied. Temperature of the pizza is called which of the following?

91. Which of the following is an example of a confounding variable?

92. Correlational research involves the use of Pearson’s r.

93. What is the term for a measure that does not correlate highly with measures with which it is hypothesized to be dissimilar?

94. The validity of a scale is its ability to measure what it claims it measures.

95. What is the term for wording at least a third of items on a scale in the opposite direction of the majority of items?

96. A student might locate a measure on PSYCTests

97. The psychometric properties of an instrument include the number of items and the reliability of that measure.

98. Which term corresponds to the ability of a scale to detect differences that exist?

99. Which scale corresponds to answers on a Likert scale?

100. A chi-square analysis has a nominal independent and an interval/ratio dependent variable.