Research Methods

The __________ is the one manipulated by the researcher.

• DV

• Confounding Variable

• Controls

• IV

The ___________is expected to change as the IV changes.

• IV

• DV

• Controls

• Samples

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

How can you "operationalize" verbal aggression?

• Yelling at someone

• Kicking someone

• The number of insulting comments per hour.

• Giving someone the silent treatment.

A ___________ is the group of individuals taking part in the research study.

• Population

• Sample

• Variable

• Control

___________ __________ is the group of people to which the findings of the study are expected to be generalized.

• Sample

• Random sampling

• Target population

• Matching variables

___________ __________ _________ is used when the same group of participants is exposed to 2 or more conditions and the conditions are compared.

• Matched pair design

• Independent measures design

• Repeated measures design

• Correlational measures design

Which of the following is not a research design?

• Natural

• Repeated Measures

• Independent Samples/Measures

• Matched Pairs

In a study of the effect of a driver training program on driving skill, a possible operationalisation 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 statement is correct?

• A stratified sample is more likely to be representative of the population than a convenience sample.
• A sample is always representative of a population.
• A convenience sample is more likely to be representative of the population than a stratified sample.
• A small random sample is more likely to be representative of the population than a large stratified sample.