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Statistics in Psychology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following measurements is not a measure of central tendency? 

a)

Mean

b)

Median

c)

Mode

d)

Range

2.

A group of psychologists decide to study stress levels in high school students for their research papers. Their data was then published on Pew Research Center, categorizing the results only by gender and grade. What ethical guideline was followed?

a)

Protection from harm

b)

Confidentiality

c)

Debriefing

d)

Right to withdraw

3.

Why do researchers want their data to be statistically significant?

a)

Because their professor said so

b)

To accept the null hypothesis

c)

To ensure their results are not due to chance

d)

To reject the null hypothesis

4.

You land in the ER after suffering an injury from a sport. The doctor asks to rate your pain on a scale from 1-5, 1 with the lowest pain and 5 being the worst. What tool of measurement is the doctor using?

a)

Likert Scale

b)

Physiological measure

c)

Survey

d)

Ruler

5.

A researcher is about to publish their paper and findings, but goes to their colleagues so they can provide their insight. What is this method of overlooking called?

a)

Institutional reviewers

b)

Structured interviews

c)

Peer reviewers

d)

Research measures

6.

What observations are associated with numbers and statistics?

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

c)

Statistical

d)

Correlation

7.

The strength of a linear relationship in a scatter plot is based on the…

a)

Replication

b)

Variation

c)

Correlation coefficient

d)

Variables

8.

In Milgram’s obedience study, participants thought that they were really shocking another participant, even though they weren’t. What kind of study was this?

a)

Debriefing study

b)

Deception study

c)

Confederate study

d)

Replication study

9.

What is the difference between informed consent and informed assent?

a)

Consent refers to a formal agreement for children to participant, while assent refers to that agreement for a minor

b)
  •  Informed consent will preserve anonymity, while informed assent will preserve confidentiality

c)

Consent refers to a formal agreement for adults to be a participant, while assent refers to that agreement for a minor

d)

Informed consent will preseve confidentiality, while informed assent will preserve anonymity

10.

Which graph is positively skewed?

a)

b)

c)

d)