1. The description of the participants in a study, the materials used, and the procedure are all found in the Methods section.
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True
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2. The abstract of an article contains all of the important information in the article.
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False
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3. The file drawer phenomenon includes research not submitted for publication whether that’s due to no significant results or significant results the researcher doesn’t like.
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True
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4. Which of the following is NOT crucial for selecting a reviewer for a project?
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Years of experience in a field
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5. The IRB is a nation-wide committee that oversees research involving human participants.
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False
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6. In a correlational study, the researcher manipulates the independent variable.
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False
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7. In ________, the researcher is looking at people at different points of development, but collects the data at one point of time.
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Cross-sectional design
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8. Which of the following allows you to see how many other times a particular article has been cited in a particular database?
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Times Cited in this Database by PsycINFO
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9. A key word which gains zero hits may be too narrow.
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True
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10. Which of the following is an example of a key word?
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Attribution
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11. Which of the following sources might help you find key words for terms in your field?
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Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
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12. Which of the following should students NOT rely on for a credible source?
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Web blogs
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13. Sally hates the design of her cafeteria because she thinks it keeps people from talking to each other and making new friends. If she conducts a study to test what design would produce the most social atmosphere, she is accomplishing which of the following?
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Applied research
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14. Research involving sensitive topics and vulnerable populations does not require permission from the IR
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False
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15. In a true experiment, independent variables are manipulated by the researcher.
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True
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16. Deception designed to result in personal gain; may take many forms in the research process is called
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Fraud
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17. Background variables (e.g., gender or age) about participants that are used to describe the sample and may be used in analyses in quasi-experimental research is known as
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Demographic variables
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18. ____ validity is Ability to apply the results of research more broadly, that is, beyond the sample used in a particular study.
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External
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19. Variable that influences the relationship between the variables of interest; also called a confounding variable is called
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Third variables
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20. Free reference manager for organizing and subsequently accessing downloaded articles is called mendeley
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True
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21. Title of the section in a manuscript is called
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Results
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22. Section of your Method in which you describe the “how” of your study is called
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Procedure
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23. Section of your Method in which you describe the “how” of your study is called
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Procedure
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24. ________ is a statistical measure, usually expressed as Cronbach’s alpha, which reflects the degree to which each item of the measure is tapping the construct of interest
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Internal Consistency
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25. In the Method section where you describe the scales or instruments used is called
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Measures
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26. Section of the Method in which you describe the “with what” of your study is called
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Materials
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27. Nonprobability sample in which individuals who participate in a study invite others to participate in the study, and they in turn invite still others is called
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Snowball sample
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28. Participants gathered through their mere availability and accessibility to the researcher is called
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Convenience sample
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29. Online paid crowdsourcing platform to acquire participants is called amazonMTurk
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True
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30. ______ for whom a full institutional review board (IRB) review is required for research involving these individuals is called vulnerable populations
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Population
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31. Section of your Method in which you describe the “who” of your study is called
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Participants
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32. Search technique looking forward to see what more recent articles have cited the article of interest is known as
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Tree forward
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33. Search technique for working backward through previously published work to obtain resources Is known as
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Tree backward
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34. Part of a manuscript that introduces the topic is called
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Introduction
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35. Title of section in a manuscript is called
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Discussion
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36. Title of section in a manuscript is called
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Discussion
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37. Heading in American Psychological Association (APA) research paper in which you present your Participants, Materials/Measures/Instruments, and Procedure is known as
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Method
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38. Worldwide catalog listing books, monographs, videos, and sound recordings; useful for determining what institution owns a resource in order to retrieve it is ____
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Worldcat
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39. PsycARTICLES is database of articles from the American Psychological Association (APA) and affiliated publishers in which every article is provided _____
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Full text
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40. System that allows library patrons to request library materials not held by their institution is known as
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Interlibrary Loan
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41. File drawer effect is a form of publication bias in which research appears more reliable than it is because articles on the topic that have not rejected the _______ have not been published
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Null hypothesis
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42. Confidence intervals shows range of values that you can be sure contains the population mean a certain percentage of the time
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True
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43. Probability value based on the characteristics of the observed data used for hypothesis testing is ___ value
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P
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44. Probability (usually set at .05) of incorrectly rejecting the ________ is known as alpha level
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Null hypothesis
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45. Using statistical inference, a procedure for evaluating whether the ________ should be rejected is known as Null Hypothesis Significance Testing Procedure
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Null hypothesis
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46. Hypothesis that there are no group differences or relationships between variables is known as
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Null hypothesis
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47. ____ List evaluating open-access publications in terms of their standards
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Bealls
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48. ____ List evaluating open-access publications in terms of their standards
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Bealls
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49. Journals that offer free access to the published articles is called
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Open access journals
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50. Number that reflects the average number of times articles from a particular journal have been cited over a particular period of time is called
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Impact factor
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51. Quantitative indication of the strength of a particular occurrence is called
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Effect size
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52. ____ analysis is a “study of studies” that uses a statistical approach to synthesize the findings on a particular topic and to report the impact of a given intervention.
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Meta
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53. Provides an overview and brief history of a topic and its challenges is called
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Reviewed articles
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54. Used in the context of academic work to indicate that a submitted work has been reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts knowledgeable in the field is peer review
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True
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55. Sources that analyze or critique the sources. Textbooks, magazine articles or blogs summarizing research, systematic review articles, or handbooks on a topic are common secondary sources is called
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Secondary source
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56. Original sources (e.g., data collected for the project or existing sources such as census data) that were created during a particular time period and are used to draw conclusions based on that research is known as
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Primary source
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57. Electronic database, which is almost always _____ and covers almost 6,000 sources of news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications is known as lexis nexis
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Full text
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58. Project muse is electronic database of current articles that includes _____ scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, and arts
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300
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59. Electronic database that provides access to articles usually ,____years (the moving wall) behind the current issue is JSTOR
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3-5
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60. Google _____ is Search engine for academic resources
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Scholar
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61. Electronic searchable collection of materials; useful in research is electronic databases
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True
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62. Bibliographic management tool is known as refworks
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True
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63. Free bibliographic tool that automatically fills in the citation information is bibme
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True
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64. PsycINFO is ______ database of citations and summaries from the American Psychological Association (APA) with almost 4 million records
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Electronic
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65. Search terms for information retrieval is called
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Keywords
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66. Digital paybell limits _______ access to the publication without a paid subscription
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Internet users’
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67. Research that focuses on testing fundamental theories or principles, with the goal of generalization is known as
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Basic research
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68. Research designed to answer practical questions is called
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Applied research
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69. With regard to the federal definition (45 CFR 46), involves living individuals from whom the researcher obtains data or about whom the research obtains personally identifiable information is called hunan subjects
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True
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70. Deliberate body that evaluates research with human subjects; required where institutions received federal funds for research is institutional review board
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True
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Research (Planning, Conducting, And Reporting) MCQs | Topic-wise
