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Research Methods Practice Part 2

Authored by Kariana Nieves

Social Studies, Science

12th Grade

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Research Methods Practice Part 2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The football team's punter wants to determine how consistent his punting distances have been during the past season. He should compute the: 

mean

median

mode

standard deviation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

 A researcher looking for gender differences in 3-year- olds observes a preschool class and records how many minutes children of each gender play with dolls. She then compares the two sets of numbers. What type of descriptive research is she conducting?

Case Study

National Study

Random Sample Method

Naturalistic Obervation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

. Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

Is IQ related to grades?

Does extra sleep improve memory?

What is the best study technique for AP tests?

Are students more likely to be politically liberal or conservative?

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A person displays a set of rare behaviors that psychologists had not known about previously, because nobody had ever shown them before. The best strategy to investigate the nature of those behaviors is

Survey

Interview

Case Study

Correlation Method

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

 Which of the following is most important when conducting survey research?

Choosing a representative sample

Choosing a large sample

Choosing a biased sample

Choosing a sample whose answers will likely support your hypothesis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

 The purpose of random assignment is to

allow participants in both the experimental and control groups to be exposed to the independent variable.

eliminate the placebo effect. 

reduce potential confounding variables.

generate operational definitions for the independent and dependent variables.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a measure of variation?

Range

Mode

Frequency

Median

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