Method Exam 2

Which group contains more people?

• Population

• Sample

The most common form of being insensitive to sample size is:

• Having a too large sample group

• Having a too small sample group

• Assuming your small sample is representative of intended population

X is the people of interest, whilst Y is the participants

• X = population

  Y = sample

• X = population

  Y = random sampling

• X = sampling

  Y = target population

• X = random sampling

  Y = population

Many researchers use pscy101 students as their sample, what kind of sampling is this?

• Random

• Probability

• Convenience

• Stratified

Sampling bias is a problem in using college students as your sample because

• they may be more educated

• they may be from similar economic backgrounds

• they do not represent the general population

• All are correct

If biases exist in research, the research is useless

• True

• False

What is the common order in the method section of an empirical article

• Measures, Participants, Procedure

• Procedure, Measures, Participants

• Participants, Procedure, Measures

• Participants, Measures, Procedure

Where will you see mean, median, and mode all equalling the same value

• Positive Skew

• Symmetrical Distribution

• Negative skew

What statistic is the most important?

• mode

• median

• mean

The smaller the standard deviation...

• The closer the scores are around the mean

• The more 'spread out' the scores are around the mean

• The bigger the variance of scores

• The larger the values