rm and stats 1 MCQ revision

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research is...
a process
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stratified sampling...
randomly select members where sub-group is proportional to population
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imagine you are driving down the motorway, speeding!!!! you see a police car ahead of you, so you slow down. this is an example of..
reactivity
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what type of statements can be made about the relations between variables in correlational studies
associative claims
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amanda has run an experiment to examine the impact of a mindfulness intervention vs control on empathy. she is interested in presenting the results in a paper and wishes to demonstrate consition effects. Which graph should she use?
bar graph
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amanda has run an experiment to examine the impact of mindfulness intervention vs control on empathy. she is interested in examining the distribution of her data to look for outliers. Which graph should she use?
box plot
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the ____ is the score that occurs most frequently in the data set
mode
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in standardised, normally distributed data, what percentage of the sample falls within +/- standadrd deviation of the mean
68.26%
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___ is assessed by considering whether the data collected is a clos representation of what the researcher is attempting to study
validity
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a criticism of a structured observation is
it does not allow us to understand the meanings behind behaviours
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