PSYc 510 Quiz 1
Quiz: Introductory Concepts
Due Sep 3 at 11:59pm
Points 100
Questions 40
Time Limit None
Allowed Attempts 2
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers
the Learn material
from Module 1:
Week 1 – Module 2:
Week 2.
Contains 40 multipl
e-choice questions.
Has no time limit.
Allows 2 attempts.
Is worth 100
points.
Quiz is open-book, open-notes. No use of SPSS is required.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 2: Week 2.
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LATEST Attempt 1 82 minutes
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Score for this attempt: 97.5 out of 100
Submitted Aug 30 at 7:19pm
This attempt took 82 minutes.
Question 1
2.5 / 2.5 pts
When viewing SPSS output in the Statistics Viewer, you can move around
within the window using the arrow keys or the:
tab
mouse
enter
escape
Question 2
2.5 / 2.5 pts
In SPSS, you enter the names of each variable in which screen?
data view
variable view
statistics viewer
point-and-click
Question 3
2.5 / 2.5 pts
In SPSS, to specify analyses using the Point-and-Click Method, you usually
begin by clicking on _________ in the menu bar.
Transform
Graphs
Analyze
Window
Question 4
2.5 / 2.5 pts
In SPSS, you can delete unwanted sections of output by clicking on the
_________ of the Statistics Viewer window.
top panel
right side
bottom panel
left side
Question 5
2.5 / 2.5 pts
When you first start the SPSS program, the window in the foreground (the
only window visible on the screen) is the:
Data Editor
Statistics Viewer
Help Box
Variable View
Question 6
2.5 / 2.5 pts
In SPSS, the screen that contains the actual data values is:
data view
variable view
statistics viewer
point-and-click
Question 7
2.5 / 2.5 pts
What term used in ethics is related to methods of gathering information from
research subjects to enable them to have control over the extent, timing,
and circumstances of sharing oneself (physically, behaviorally, or
intellectually) with others (note an example would be like reminding them to
close their browser after completing an online survey)?
privacy
confidentiality
snowball sampling
informed consent
Question 8
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is an additional regulation that governs research in
private and public schools IF they receive federal funds?
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
both FERPA and PPRA
neither FERPA and PPRA
Question 9
2.5 / 2.5 pts
According to the CITI training, who has the role to guide students through the
IRB process by discussing general principles of research ethics with the class/
student prior to initiation of any project involving human subjects?
Faculty advisor
Graduate Research Mentor
IRB committee member
Chair of graduate studies
Question 10
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is NOT one of the three principles essential to the
ethical conduct of research with humans as identified in the Belmont Report?
justice
respect for persons
diminished autonomy
beneficence
I Question 11
0 / 2.5 pts
Prospective subjects in research who are college students being asked to
participate by their teacher (also the researcher), are most susceptible to:
Economic vulnerability
Medical vulnerability
Deferential vulnerability
Institutional vulnerability
see the
CITI
Module:
Populatio
ns in
Research
Requiring
Additiona
l
Consider
ations
and/or
Protectio
ns
Question 12
2.5 / 2.5 pts
If a researcher designs a new inventory to measure “depression” and they
correlate performance with it against performance on the Beck Depression
Inventory (an established, existing inventory), the researcher is examining:
construct validity
concurrent validity
criterion validity
content validity
Question 13
2.5 / 2.5 pts
What type of peer reviewed journal article describes a study in which the
authors collected data and present their own results; this is also the type of
article that should be predominantly used when developing one’s own
research problem.
meta-analysis
review article
empirical article
commentary
Question 14
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which section of an empirical article begins with a broad overview of past
scientific work and ends with a hypothesis and purpose of the current study?
Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion
Question 15
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is the file extension type for a SPSS data file?
.spo
sav
.doc
.docx
Question 16
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A researcher wants to see if lighting levels affects worker productivity at the Lights-n-More factory. To conduct this study, the
researcher manipulates the lighting levels each week for a month, and assesses worker productivity for each month. Based on this
scenario, what is the constant (NOT a variable)?
lighting level
worker productivity
Lights-N-More factory
none of the above
Question 17
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Likert-responses in the social sciences are considered:
nominal
ordinal
interval
ranked
Question 18
2.5 / 2.5 pts
What body is responsible for reviewing and approving human subjects
research activities on behalf of institutions?
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
National Institutes of Health
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects
Institutional Review Board
Question 19
2.5 / 2.5 pts
What is defined as “moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the
conducting of an activity”?
morals
standards
ethics
values
Question 20
2.5 / 2.5 pts
There are ____ principles in the Belmont Report and _____ principles in the
APA Code of Ethics
3; 5
5; 3
3; 3
5; 5
Question 21
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Identifying the causes that determine when and why a behavior occurs
involves using
prediction.
description.
explanation.
falsifiability.
Question 22
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is NOT a type of measure?
a self-report measure
a test
an operational definition
a behavioral measure
Question 23
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Sara decided to have participants in her study of the relationship between
diet and weight keep a journal of everything they ate each day. The type of
measurement that Sara is employing is known as a(n)
behavioral self-report measure.
cognitive self-report measure.
affective self-report measure.
aptitude test.
Question 24
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A direct relationship between two variables in which an increase in one is
related to an increase in the other, and a decrease in one is related to a
decrease in the other is
a positive correlation.
a negative correlation.
a correlation coefficient.
positive reliability.
Question 25
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Number on a football jersey is to the _____ scale of measurement and
temperature measured on the Fahrenheit scale is to the _____ scale of
measurement.
ordinal; interval
interval; nominal
nominal; ratio
nominal; interval
Question 26
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A blood pressure reading is to a _____ measure as observing how many
patrons in a fast food restaurant take advantage of free drink refills is to a
______ measure.
physical; behavioral self-report
behavioral; physical
physical; behavioral
behavioral; cognitive self-report
Question 27
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A property of measurement in which assigning a score of zero indicates an
absence of the variable being measured is
identity.
magnitude.
equal unit size.
absolute zero.
Question 28
2.5 / 2.5 pts
An in-depth study of one or more individuals is
laboratory observation.
naturalistic observation.
a survey.
a case study.
Question 29
2.5 / 2.5 pts
If a researcher uses naturally occurring groups (e.g., male and female), this
variable is best described as:
a manipulated independent variable.
randomly assigned variable.
a subject/participant variable.
a manipulated dependent variable.
Question 30
2.5 / 2.5 pts
The scientific approach involves using
intuition, skepticism, and tenacity.
tenacity, public verification, and skepticism.
systematic empiricism, public verification, and solvable problems.
superstition, intuition, and skepticism.
Question 31
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Gaining knowledge via science involves using _____ and _____.
empiricism; intuition
tenacity; authority
intuition; logical reasoning
empiricism; rationalism
Question 32
2.5 / 2.5 pts
If confidentiality is compromised, then human participants
are considered at risk.
are most definitely not at risk.
should not be used in the study.
are at risk and should not be used in the study.
Question 33
2.5 / 2.5 pts
_____ is a clearinghouse for research on educational psychology, testing,
counseling, child development, evaluation research, and related areas.
ProQuest
PsycArticles
ERIC
SSCI
Question 34
2.5 / 2.5 pts
When Stella finishes graduate school, she wants to conduct research that can
be used immediately in order to improve the lives of others. Stella is most
interested in _____ research.
basic
applied
naturalistic
laboratory
Question 35
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is not a type of validity?
content validity
split-half validity
criterion validity
construct validity
Question 36
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following is a participant (subject) variable?
hair color
gender
political affiliation
all of the above
Question 37
2.5 / 2.5 pts
The _____ section provides an introduction to the problem, a review of
previous research, and the rationale for the current study.
Method
Introduction
Results
Discussion
Question 38
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Presenting research so that it can be observed, replicated, criticized, and
tested is known as
systematic empiricism.
the principle of falsifiability.
pseudoscience.
public verification.
Question 39
2.5 / 2.5 pts
_____ risk research is defined as research involving no more risk than that
encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or
psychological examinations or tests.
Moderate
No
High
Minimal
Question 40
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A very brief description of the entire paper is to the _____ section as a review
of previous research is to the _____ section.
Abstract; Introduction
Introduction; Method
Abstract; Results
Results; Introduction
Quiz Score: 97.5 out of 100
