Research Methods Quiz

A researcher randomly assigned students to two groups. One group was assigned to watch a violent television program while the other group watched a nonviolent program. The student's behavior was then recorded for incidences of aggressive behavior. Which research method is most appropriate?

• experimental

• census

• sample survey

• observational study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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. Which research method is most appropriate?

• biased study

• census

• experiment

• observational study

A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym. Is this sample biased or unbiased?

• biased

• unbiased

Ghala wanted to know what the most popular book was in the whole school, so she asked everybody in 11th grade what their favorite book was. Which research method is most appropriate?

• Sample Survey

• Census

• Experiment

• Hypothesis Test

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The ____ is expected to change as the IV changes.

The factor that is manipulated in a controlled experiment

• independent variable

• dependent variable

This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• Case Study

• Survey

• Observational

• Correlational

• Experiments

In a study examining the effects of caffeine on short term memory, the independent variable would be:

• short term memory skills

• the age of the participants

• participant consuming caffeine

• the gender of the participants

A researcher wanted to do an experiment testing whether listening to Christmas music makes you happy. She placed subjects in either the experimental group that listened to Christmas music for an hour or the control group that did not listen to music. Which method should she use to make these groups?

• Random Sampling

• Random Assignment

• A double-blind design

The variable which is measured in an experiment is:

• dependent

• independent