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WorksheetsStatistics in Psychology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following measurements is not a measure of central tendency?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
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?
Protection from harm
Confidentiality
Debriefing
Right to withdraw
Why do researchers want their data to be statistically significant?
Because their professor said so
To accept the null hypothesis
To ensure their results are not due to chance
To reject the null hypothesis
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?
Likert Scale
Physiological measure
Survey
Ruler
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?
Institutional reviewers
Structured interviews
Peer reviewers
Research measures
What observations are associated with numbers and statistics?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Statistical
Correlation
The strength of a linear relationship in a scatter plot is based on the…
Replication
Variation
Correlation coefficient
Variables
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?
Debriefing study
Deception study
Confederate study
Replication study
What is the difference between informed consent and informed assent?
Consent refers to a formal agreement for children to participant, while assent refers to that agreement for a minor
Informed consent will preserve anonymity, while informed assent will preserve confidentiality
Consent refers to a formal agreement for adults to be a participant, while assent refers to that agreement for a minor
Informed consent will preseve confidentiality, while informed assent will preserve anonymity
Which graph is positively skewed?
