Fall 2025 Unit 0 Quiz Review

A study is said to have _______________ if it yields consistent results each time it is repeated.

• validity

• reliability

• sample

• correlation

The subgroup of the population that participates in the study is referred to as the _________.

• sample

• assignment

• group

• population

When a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results, ____________ bias has occurred.

• social desirability

• self-serving

• experimenter

• hindsight

A ____________________ 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

This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self -reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, often by questioning a representative sample of the group.

• Survey

• Observational

• Correlational

• Experiments

• Case Study

The _____________ method of research is where the researcher carefully and systematically observes and records behavior without interfering.

• Observational

• Correlational

• Experiments

• Case Study

• Survey

________________ research is where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

• Experimental

• Correlational

• Descriptive

• Observational

The advantage of a(n) ________________ is that it yields a great deal of detailed descriptive information.

• Case Study

• Survey

• Observation

• Correlation

• Experiment

The advantage of _______________ is that they create an immense amount of data that can be gathered quickly and inexpensively.

• Surveys

• Observations

• Correlations

• Experiments

• Case Studies

The advantage of ___________________ is that the behavior observed in the subject(s) natural environment to be more natural, spontaneous, and varied than that observed in a laboratory.

• natural observation

• correlation

• experiments

• case studies

• surveys