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WorksheetsModule 6
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 7mins
Of the following, which research method would be most appropriate for investigating the relationship between political party membership and attitude toward the death penalty?
controlled experiment
correlational study
test
survey
case study
Which of the following is an example of a negative correlation?
People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less.
Teenage females tend to have fewer speeding tickets than teenage males.
Students with lower IQ scores tend to have lower grades.
As hours studying for a test decrease, so do grades on that test.
Students’ shoe sizes are not related to their grades.
Which of the correlation coefficients below expresses the strongest relationship between two variables?
+.76
-.91
1.2
.01
0
Of the following, which can establish a cause and effect relationship?
I. controlled experiment
II. case study
III. correlational research
I only
II only
I and II only
I and III only
I, II, and III
Describe an illusory correlation that could be made when studying driving behaviors (like of a vehicle).
When subjects in the experimental group put a puzzle piece in the wrong place, the experimenter unconsciously winced. The experimenter did not wince when subjects in the control group put a piece in the wrong place.
The wincing of the experimenter must be eliminated because it is...
fraudulent.
a demand characteristic.
a placebo effect.
a reliability error.
a confounding variable.
When subjects in the experimental group put a puzzle piece in the wrong place, the experimenter unconsciously winced. The experimenter did not wince when subjects in the control group put a piece in the wrong place.
One method to eliminate the wincing of the experimenter is by instituting...
the experimenter expectancy effect.
the single-blind procedure.
the double-blind procedure.
the placebo effect.
counterbalancing.
Describe the difference between an INDEPENDENT variable and a DEPENDENT variable.
