Unit II Research Methods AP Psychology Baxer

This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• Correlational

• Survey

• Observational

• Case Study

• Experiments

This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self – reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.

• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study

This is a method of research where the researcher carefully and systematically observes and records behavior without interfering

• Survey

• Correlational

• Experiments

• Case Study

• Observational

A correlation coefficient of 0.8 is a _______________ and suggests that as one variable ____________, the other variable ______________.

• strong positive | increases | increases
• weak positive | increases | increases
• strong positive | increases | decreases
• weak positive | increases | decreases

Which correlation coefficient represents the strongest relationship between variables?

• -0.78
• 0.67
• 0.85
• -0.87

In a study of the effect of a driver training program on driving skill, a possible operational definition of the dependent variable would be...

• driving quality

• number of accidents

• hours spent training

• amount of traffic

Independent variable is to dependent variable as _________ is to ____________.

• hypothesis | conclusion
• effect | cause
• cause | effect.
• conclusion | hypothesis

Which kind of study can establish a cause-effect relationship between variables, assuming that the research is appropriate and well conceived?

• survey
• case study
• correlational study
• experiment

Which answer lists two measures of the spread of data around the mean?

• mode and median
• standard deviation and range
• inferential statistics and descriptive statistics
• scattergrams and boxplots

What is replication?

• cloning the scientist who first did an experiment

• doing an experiment for the first time

• doing an experiment again and getting different results

• Doing an experiment again and getting the same results