Exam Questions And CORRECT Answers
____________ research tells whether or not the theory helps solve real world problems. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Applied
____________ research contributes to a theory. - CORRECT ANSWER - Basic
____________ research can be replicated using the same methods. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Scientific
If an experiment can be ________________ it is said to be ___________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - replicated, reliable
Experiments should emphasize ___________________, which means findings should be
explained in the ______________ and most ________________ way. - CORRECT
ANSWER - parsimony, simplest, economical
_________ ______________ is another term for parsimony. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Occam's Razor
The most common type of research is known a the _____________ or the so called true
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - experiment, experiment
________________ is keeping out undesirable variables. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Confounding
The ____________ ___________ is the variable the experimenter manipulates. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Independent variable
,The ____________ ___________ is the result/data. - CORRECT ANSWER - Dependent
variable
If a relationship exists, then the ____________ ___________ is somewhat dependent on the
____________ ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER - dependent variable, independent
variable
The group that does not receive the independent variable is known as the _________________
group. - CORRECT ANSWER - control
The group that does receive the independent variable is known as the
_______________________ group. - CORRECT ANSWER - experimental
What is the impact of the _____________________ on the ________________________? -
CORRECT ANSWER - independent variable, dependent variable
The process of ___________________ ____________________ is used to assign subjects to the
control group and the experimental group. - CORRECT ANSWER - random sampling
Random sampling keeps the researcher ___________________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
honest
_________-__________________ research fails to use random assignments and lacks a control
group. - CORRECT ANSWER - Quasi-experimental
All _________________ group studies are considered quasi-experimental research. - CORRECT
ANSWER - intact
________________ ___________________ is where persons from sub groups, or strata are
collected. - CORRECT ANSWER - Stratified sampling
, In ___________________________ _____________________ sampling, the sample mimics the
population. - CORRECT ANSWER - Proportional stratified
In ________________ ________________, the researcher randomly selects from an existing
group. - CORRECT ANSWER - cluster sampling
_________ sampling (_____ sampling), a popular technique, is also referred to as _________
sampling. - CORRECT ANSWER - Nth, Kth, systematic
The ___________________ of the sample is more important than the _________________ used
to acquire the subjects. - CORRECT ANSWER - representativeness, procedure
Random sampling, quasi-experimental sampling, stratified sampling, proportional stratified
sampling, cluster sampling, and systematic sampling are all types of ______________________
sampling. - CORRECT ANSWER - probability
___-______________ samples are not based using the _____________ theory. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Non-probability, probability
The three types of non-probability samples are: - CORRECT ANSWER - Judgement
sampling, Convenience sampling, Quota sampling
Each experiment has at least ____ hypotheses, the _________ hypothesis and the
_______________ hypothesis. (R.A. Fisher) - CORRECT ANSWER - 2, null,
experimental
The _________ is the ____________________ hypothesis. (H1) - CORRECT ANSWER -
hunch, experimental
The experimental hypothesis is also known as the _______________ hypothesis. (Ha) -
CORRECT ANSWER - alternative