Question 1
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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
IncorrectQuestion 2
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You type in data into SPSS using the:
Data Editor
Statistics Viewer
Help Box
Variable View
No. Answer is found in the Kirkpatrick SPSS text or in the SPSS presentations from Weeks 1 - 2.
Question 3
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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 4
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In SPSS, you enter the names of each variable in which screen?
data view
variable view
statistics viewer
point-and-click
Question 5
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In SPSS, data are entered into a matrix in which ____________ represent individuals or participants and
________________ represent different variables.
cells; columns
rows; columns
data view; variable view
cells; rows
Question 6
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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 7
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Because children cannot provide informed consent, children provide _______ to participate in research, to
the extent that they are able.
assent
uninformed consent
nothing - only their parents need to provide consent
permission
Question 8
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Which basic principle from the Belmont Report embodies the need for informed consent?
Respect for Persons
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity
Question 9
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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 10
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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
IncorrectQuestion 11
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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:
Populations
in Research
Requiring
Additional
Considerati
ons and/or
Protections
Question 12
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There are ____ principles in the Belmont Report and _____ principles in the APA Code of Ethics
3; 5
5; 3
3; 3
5; 5
Question 13
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What type of peer-reviewed journal article discusses overarching ideas and results from other people’s
experiments (but does not contain statistical analyses)?
meta-analysis
review article
commentary
empirical article
Question 14
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What is defined as “moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity”?
morals
standards
ethics
values
IncorrectQuestion 15
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A researcher wants to see if lighting levels a昀昀ects worker productivity at the Lights-n-More factory. To co
researcher manipulates the lighting levels each week for a month, and assesses worker productivity for e
scenario, what is the dependent variable?
lighting level
worker productivity
Lights-N-More factory
none of the above
Answer is in the presentations from Weeks 1 - 2
Question 16
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In terms of ethics, ___________ are aspirational whereas __________________ are enforceable.
principles; standards
standards; principles
standards; codes
laws; rules
IncorrectQuestion 17
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Likert-responses in the social sciences are considered:
nominal
ordinal
interval
ranked
Question 18
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The four properties used to determine a variable’s scale of measurement are:
category, rank, magnitude, and equal unit size
identity, magnitude, equal unit size, and absolute zero
identity, rank, spacing, and relative zero
category, variable, independent, dependent
IncorrectQuestion 19
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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
Answer is in the presentations from Weeks 1 - 2
Question 20
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If you ask the first 50 females who enter a restaurant to complete a survey about their experience, who is
the sample?
all females
all patrons of the restaurant
employees of the restaurant
the 50 females who completed the survey
Question 21
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In an experimental study of the effects of practice on reaction time, practice would be the
control group.
independent variable.
experimental group.
dependent variable.
Question 22
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When applying for a part-time job at the local supermarket, Bob was given a test to determine how well he
would bag groceries. The next week Bob took the SAT in order to satisfy a college admissions requirement.
The test at the supermarket was a measure of _____ validity whereas the SAT was a measure of _____
validity.
concurrent; predictive
predictive; concurrent
construct; predictive
content; concurrent
Question 23
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A property of measurement in which a difference of 1 is the same amount throughout the entire scale is
magnitude.
magnitude.
equal unit size.
absolute zero.
Question 24
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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
Question 25
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If observers disagree 20 times out of 80, then the interrater reliability is
0.25.
0.75.
4.0.
not able to be determined.
IncorrectQuestion 26
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Which of the following represents the best operational definition of hunger?
that empty, gnawing feeling that you get in your stomach
not having eaten any solid foods for at least 18 hours
a desire for food
All of the options are equally good.
Incorrect. See Jackson textbook, ch. 3
Question 27
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In order to discover the extent to which education can be used to predict political preferences, researchers
are most likely to engage in
correlational research.
naturalistic observation.
the case study approach.
experimental research.
IncorrectQuestion 28
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A scale of measurement in which, in addition to order and equal units of measurement, there is an absolute
zero that indicates an absence of the variable being measured is a(n) _____ scale.
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio
Incorrect. See Jackson textbook, ch. 3
IncorrectQuestion 29
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Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the variables with the strongest degree of
relationship?
-1.00
-0.69
+0.76
+0.10
Incorrect. See Jackson textbook, ch. 3
IncorrectQuestion 30
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In an experimental study of the effects of practice on reaction time, reaction time would be the
control group.
independent variable.
experimental group.
dependent variable.
Incorrect. See Jackson textbook, ch. 1
Question 31
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_____ allows you to research by topic whereas _____ allows you to work from a given article.
The SSCI; the SCI
The SSCI; PsycINFO
PsycINFO; the SSCI
ERIC; the SCI
Question 32
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Increasing or decreasing together is to _____ as moving in an opposite direction is to _____.
quasi-experimental method; experimental method
experimental method; quasi-experimental method
positive correlation; negative correlation
negative correlation; positive correlation
Question 33
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The three goals of science are to
describe, research, and explain.
describe, predict, and research.
predict, explain, and research.
describe, predict, and explain.
Question 34
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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 35
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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 36
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The idea that a scientific theory must be stated in such a way that it is possible to refute or disconfirm it is
known as the principle of
pseudoscience.
falsifiability.
public verification.
systematic empiricism.
Question 37
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Questioning individuals on a topic or topics and then describing their responses is to the _____ method as
an in-depth study of one or more individuals is to the _____ method.
case study; survey
survey; case study
case study; observational
observational; case study
Question 38
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An evaluation and interpretation of the results is to the _____ section as describing how the study was
conducted is to the _____ section.
Method; Results
Discussion; Method
Discussion; Abstract
Abstract; Method
Question 39
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Because Jim was interested in the nest building behavior of wrens, he went into the field to observe them.
Jim was using the _____ method of research.
case study
laboratory observational
naturalistic observational
correlational
Question 40
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_____ validity is the degree to which a measuring instrument accurately measures a theoretical construct or
trait that is it designed to measure.
Content
Face
Criterion
Construct
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