Research methods MCQ (2018)

Which of these is a weakness of a quasi experiment?

• control of the dependent variable

• control of the independent variable

• control of the measurement of the dependent variable

• control of the measurement of the independent variable

Which does not have both an IV and DV?

• correlation

• field experiment

• laboratory experiment

• quasi experiment

What is it best to do with extraneous variables?

• eliminate them

• ignore them

• monitor them

• record them

What best describes the target population?

• the people you want to study and apply the findings to

• the people you want to study and conduct research on in a follow-up study

• the people you want to study and obtain data from

• the people you want to study and use in the research

What is the name given to data before any analysis is performed?

• interval

• ordinal

• quantitative

• raw

What is the name for the type of reliability that involves dividing a test into two parts and comparing scores on both parts of the test?

• semi-structured

• split-half

• test-retest

• two-tailed

Which of these inferential statistical tests does not require the data to be ranked as part of the calculation?

• Chi-square

• Mann whitney U

• Spearman's rho

• Wilcoxon signed ranks

Which of these is an advantage of secondary data?

• already exists

• easy to analyse

• easy to interpret

• ecologically valid

What is meant by the term ‘significant result’?

• it is a figure that you compare the answer from an inferential statistical test with

• it is an answer that exceeds a certain probability level

• it is an answer that tells us something important

• it is an approximate answer

In research terms, what is meant by ‘social desirability’?

• responding in a way that is approved of by society

• responding in a way to be perceived as more friendly

• responding in a way to please the researcher

• responding in a way to provide the researcher with what is expected