RM and Stats 1 MCQS

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  • Created on: 02-12-21 22:39

1. Which of the following depicts the best experimental design?

  • randomly assign people to watch Hamilton or Cats and then complete a questionnaire about racial bias
  • randomly assign people to watch Hamilton or Cats and then randomly assign then to complete a questionnaire or be interviewed about racial bias
  • has people select whether they watch Hamilton or Cats and then randomly assign them to a questionnaire about raical bias or be interviewed about racial bias
  • assign the first 30 people to sign up to watch Hamilton and the rest to watch Cats and then complete a questionnaire about racial bias
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2. Observer reliability is improved by...

  • all of the above
  • restricting observations to specified time points
  • training observers
  • conducting simple observations
  • using operational definitions

3. Stratified sampling..

  • randomly select members where sub groups is proportional to population
  • members equal chance of selection and hope that sub-groups proportional to population
  • select members where sub-group of population is over-represented
  • select members where sub-group is proportional to population

4. Which of the following is not associated with use of the scientific method in psychological research? A commitment to..

  • basing knowledge on evidence
  • basing knowledge exclusively on common sense and opinion
  • producing knowledge through observation and experiment
  • ensuring findings are correctly interpreted

5. Which of the following is the benefit of conducting an experiment?

  • examine relation between variables
  • determine cause and effect
  • collect quantitative data
  • measures dependent variables

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