Ethical guidelines for psychological research are established by the _____.

American Psychological Association

Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate ________.

differences between participants in the experimental and control groups

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AP Psychology Unit 0: Science Practices

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1
Ethical guidelines for psychological research are established by the _____.
U.S. Department of Ethics in Research
Institutional Review Board
Department of Mental Health
American Psychological Association
2
What is the most commonly occurring score in a distribution?
mode
standard deviation
range
median
3
Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate ________.
the need to analyze data with statistics
differences between participants in the experimental and control groups
concerns over validity or reliability
sampling error
4
The variable that the experimenter manipulates is the ________.
confounding variable
dependent variable
independent variable
control variable
5
This determines whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected.
descriptive statistics
correlational method
inferential statistics
statistical significance
6
A statistically significant result is _____.
negative
unlikely to be due to chance
important
positive
7
Differences between experimental and control groups (other than the independent variable) are _____.
secondary variables
dependent variables
unreliable variables
confounding variables
8
What method allows the researcher to show an independent variable has an effect on a dependent variable?
ethnography
correlational method
naturalistic observation
experimental method
9
The more students practice their band instruments, the fewer mistakes they make. This is a _____.
strong correlation
positive correlation
negative correlation
spurious correlation
10
You earned a perfect score on your test, but everyone else failed. If this distribution were graphed, it would be _____.
negatively skewed
symmetrical
normal
positively skewed

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AP Psychology Unit 0: Science Practices

10 termsStudBud Administration9,395 plays

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
Ethical guidelines for psychological research are established by the _____.
U.S. Department of Ethics in Research
Institutional Review Board
Department of Mental Health
American Psychological Association
2
What is the most commonly occurring score in a distribution?
mode
standard deviation
range
median
3
Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate ________.
the need to analyze data with statistics
differences between participants in the experimental and control groups
concerns over validity or reliability
sampling error
4
The variable that the experimenter manipulates is the ________.
confounding variable
dependent variable
independent variable
control variable
5
This determines whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected.
descriptive statistics
correlational method
inferential statistics
statistical significance
6
A statistically significant result is _____.
negative
unlikely to be due to chance
important
positive
7
Differences between experimental and control groups (other than the independent variable) are _____.
secondary variables
dependent variables
unreliable variables
confounding variables
8
What method allows the researcher to show an independent variable has an effect on a dependent variable?
ethnography
correlational method
naturalistic observation
experimental method
9
The more students practice their band instruments, the fewer mistakes they make. This is a _____.
strong correlation
positive correlation
negative correlation
spurious correlation
10
You earned a perfect score on your test, but everyone else failed. If this distribution were graphed, it would be _____.
negatively skewed
symmetrical
normal
positively skewed