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A #statistics #epistemology Quiz to test learning about #quantitative methods in #psychology.
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1
The scientific method proceeds by acquiring generalisable knowledge through...?
Randomised controlled trials
Inductive reasoning
Spying
Falsification of hypotheses
2
Systematic reviews are at the top of the evidence hierarchy because they:
Minimise bias
Eliminate bias
3
The term "odds ratio" refers to what?
The chance of something happening.
The rate of mortality from a population study.
The odds of one outcome compared to the odds of a second.
The prevalence of a disorder in the population.
4
If we are seeking to find a causal relationship, the appropriate scientific design is...?
Case-control study
Meta-analysis
Randomised Controlled Trial
Ecological Study
5
What term is given to a group of individuals taken to represent a population?
Data
Sample
Sub-group
Quartile
6
If we accept the null hypothesis when we should have rejected it, what error have we made?
A type 1 error
An attribution error
A 'low blow'
A type 2 error
7
The use of statistics to summarise quantitative findings across several papers is called what?
Systematic Reviewing
Odds Ratios
Regression
Meta-Analysis
8
Which of the following are features of a
causal
relationship (select all that apply)?
Temporal precedence
Blinding of particiants
Explanatory theory between exposure and outcome
Absence of confounding variables
9
What is the most commonly used threshold for statistical significance?
p≤0.05
p<0.05
p=0.01
p=0.05
10
In a normal distribution, 68.3% of the population lie within what?
One standard deviation from the mean.
1.67 standard deviations from the mean.
Two standard deviations from the mean.
The first two quartiles.
11
Selection, publication, confounding and reporting are all types of what?
Experimental bias
Correlation
Statistical analysis
Research method
12
True or False: regression is a measure of the strength of a causal relationship?
False
True
13
What kind of scientific paper is considered the 'best available evidence' for an intervention?
A systematic review with meta-analysis
A cohort study
A randomised controlled trial
An open-label trial
14
Which of the following are measures of effect size (select all that apply)?
Cohen's d
Standarised Mean Difference
Odds Ratio
Sample mean
15
If a statistical test gives p=.05, the probability the result is due to chance is...?
1 in 20
1 in 12
1 in 10
1 in 50
