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Research Methods Chapter 22

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Inferential data analysis is used to make inferences

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Errors like internal validity and bias represent...

a)

diagnostic criteria

b)

rival hypotheses

c)

statistical significance

3.

The "luck of the draw" or chance is another way to show statistical significance

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Sally wants to make sure the results of her study was not a fluke. A good way for her to find out would be by...

a)

applying a theory

b)

testing the relationships with statistical significance

c)

going back and doing the study again

5.

Janice is looking at the odds that her findings are chance. She finds that the statistical significance is .05. How else could this be represented?

a)

5 times out of 100

b)

.05 chance her study is wrong

c)

dissociation identity disorder

6.

Listing the ratios of outcomes from a study is called..

a)

contingency theory

b)

standard deviation

c)

theoretical sampling distribution

7.

Tests of statistical significance takes care of theoretical sampling distribution.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

When looking at statistical significance, social workers and socail scientists have settled on ________ to be the most common cutoff point to separate findings.

a)

5

b)

.05

c)

.5

9.

Cutoff point, level of significance and significance level are all different things.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Any probability equal or less to .05 is considered statistically significant.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Josh did not describe whether his hypotheses will be positive or negative. This means his hypotheses is....

a)

wrong

b)

a nondirectional hypotheses

c)

non research related

12.

We need two of these to test a non-directional hypothesis.

a)

tails

b)

ears

c)

eyes

13.

Barb has a directional hypothesis. How can she test for statistical significance?

a)

two-tailed test

b)

Barb needs a new plan.

c)

one-tailed test

14.

Christopher tested his hypothesis and found that it is explained by chance. Christopher has a....

a)

null hypothesis

b)

bad day

c)

theoretical sampling distribution

15.

Skylar has a null hypothesis that is true, but she rejects it. This is which error type?

a)

Type I Error

b)

Type II Error

16.

Ethan finds out he has a null hypothesis, but goes along with it anyway. What type of error is this?

a)

Type I error

b)

Type II error

17.

Alex has a small sample size. What is most likely to happen?

a)

more sampling error

b)

less sampling error

18.

Terms to use to interpret relationship strength include_____

a)

pro, con, indifference

b)

trouble shooting

c)

strong, weak, medium

19.

Clinical significance is the same as substantive significance

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Gabriel finds out this is research findings are very practical. This is an example of....

a)

EBP

b)

power analysis

c)

substantive significance

21.

If you are trying to avoid a Type II error, it would be a good idea to use this type of analysis.

a)

statistical power analysis

b)

force field analysis

c)

Type II errors don't exist

22.

Correlatoin, safety, force field, and macro tests are commonly used to test for statistical significance.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Plum takes multiple research studies and figures out the mean effect size is. She is doing a what?

a)

Plum is a dog

b)

meta-analysis

c)

dividends