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Observational & Exp Studies 11/2 #4

Authored by Christie Moza

Mathematics

11th - 12th Grade

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Observational & Exp Studies 11/2 #4
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between an observational study and an experiment?

Observational studies compare data.

Experiments involve imposing a treatment.

Observational studies have subjects and treatments.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many variables should you change in an experiment?

none
1
2 or more
depends on the type of experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A researcher randomly assigned boys and girls to each of two groups. One group was assigned to watch a violent television program while the other group watched a nonviolent program. The children's behavior was then recorded for incidences of aggressive behavior. This research method is best characterized as...

experimental

case study

correlational

observation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dr. Larson was interested in whether classical music helps students perform better on a test. Dr. Larson randomly assigned half of the study's participants to a group that listened to classical music while taking a test. The other half of the participants did not listen to music while taking a test. The research design Dr. Larson used is...

a case study

an experiment

an observation

a survey

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Her research method can most accurately be described as a...

survey

case study

experiment

observation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A psychologist designed a study to test the effects of cell phone use on driving safety. Participants were randomly assigned either to drive an automobile simulator while talking to a friend on a cell phone or to drive a simulator without talking on a phone.

Which type of research does the scenario describe?

Correlational

Observation

Case Study

Experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

To test the effects of breakfast on grades I ask my students if they ate breakfast and then compare the breakfast eaters grades to the non-breakfast eaters.
This is an example of:

Observational study
Experiment
Neither
Both observational study and experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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