PSYC 3050 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS BUNDLED AHEAD
▶ Methodological innovations . Answer: Meta-analyses, multi-level
modeling
▶ What influenced governmental policies in the mid 1980s to 2000s? .
Answer: The Civil Rights Act of 1991, American Disabilities Act of 1990
▶ Top 10 workplace trends for 2019 . Answer: AI and machine learning
Diversity, inclusion, and equity
Working with big data
"Gig economy"--contract work
Sexual harassment, #metoo at work
Automation of jobs and tasks
The changing nature of work
Data visualization and communication
Creating agile organizations
Work-life balance interventions
▶ Theory . Answer: A statement that proposes to explain relationships
among phenomena of interest
▶ First form theory then test theory by collecting data . Answer: Deductive
reasoning
▶ Reasoning from specific to general . Answer: Inductive reasoning
▶ Reasoning from general to specific . Answer: Deductive reasoning
▶ Start with data and culminate in theory . Answer: Inductive reasoning
▶ 5 steps in the model of research process . Answer: Statement of the
problem
Study design
Measurement of variables
Data analysis
Report findings
, ▶ Internal validity . Answer: Extent to which we can draw causal inferences
from a study
▶ External validity . Answer: Extent to which we can generalize findings to
real-world settings
▶ IV . Answer: Predictor and antecedent
▶ DV . Answer: Outcome and criterion
▶ Mediator . Answer: The explanation for the effect; the why or cause from
the IV or DV
▶ Example of mediators . Answer: Job demands make you feel exhausted
which makes you might want to quit
▶ Moderator . Answer: Contextualizes the effect; tells us about the strength
or direction of the relationship
▶ Example of moderators . Answer: The availability of job resources may
make you quit or keep your job
▶ Test-retest reliability . Answer: The stability of a test over time
▶ Equivalent forms reliability . Answer: The extent that two independent
forms of a test are equivalent measures of the same construct
▶ Internal consistency reliability . Answer: The inter-relatedness of the
items; most common used method of reliability
▶ Interrater reliability . Answer: Consistency among raters
▶ Content validity . Answer: How well a test measures every element of the
attribute
▶ SME . Answer: People with in-depth knowledge and expertise on the
subject you are attempting to document
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS BUNDLED AHEAD
▶ Methodological innovations . Answer: Meta-analyses, multi-level
modeling
▶ What influenced governmental policies in the mid 1980s to 2000s? .
Answer: The Civil Rights Act of 1991, American Disabilities Act of 1990
▶ Top 10 workplace trends for 2019 . Answer: AI and machine learning
Diversity, inclusion, and equity
Working with big data
"Gig economy"--contract work
Sexual harassment, #metoo at work
Automation of jobs and tasks
The changing nature of work
Data visualization and communication
Creating agile organizations
Work-life balance interventions
▶ Theory . Answer: A statement that proposes to explain relationships
among phenomena of interest
▶ First form theory then test theory by collecting data . Answer: Deductive
reasoning
▶ Reasoning from specific to general . Answer: Inductive reasoning
▶ Reasoning from general to specific . Answer: Deductive reasoning
▶ Start with data and culminate in theory . Answer: Inductive reasoning
▶ 5 steps in the model of research process . Answer: Statement of the
problem
Study design
Measurement of variables
Data analysis
Report findings
, ▶ Internal validity . Answer: Extent to which we can draw causal inferences
from a study
▶ External validity . Answer: Extent to which we can generalize findings to
real-world settings
▶ IV . Answer: Predictor and antecedent
▶ DV . Answer: Outcome and criterion
▶ Mediator . Answer: The explanation for the effect; the why or cause from
the IV or DV
▶ Example of mediators . Answer: Job demands make you feel exhausted
which makes you might want to quit
▶ Moderator . Answer: Contextualizes the effect; tells us about the strength
or direction of the relationship
▶ Example of moderators . Answer: The availability of job resources may
make you quit or keep your job
▶ Test-retest reliability . Answer: The stability of a test over time
▶ Equivalent forms reliability . Answer: The extent that two independent
forms of a test are equivalent measures of the same construct
▶ Internal consistency reliability . Answer: The inter-relatedness of the
items; most common used method of reliability
▶ Interrater reliability . Answer: Consistency among raters
▶ Content validity . Answer: How well a test measures every element of the
attribute
▶ SME . Answer: People with in-depth knowledge and expertise on the
subject you are attempting to document
