Research Methods Unit 3 & 4 Psychology

Which of the following is an example of a self-report?

The purpose of a study is known as what?

A statement that addresses the results of the experiment is known as a ________________

A testable prediction is known as what?

Confidentiality ensures that

Which variable is that which is manipulated by the experimenter?

A double-blind procedure is used to control for

If research procedures are standardised, then

A Placebo is used to control

A common feature of cross-sectional studies is

The mean and median are both measures of what?

For a normal distribution about __ of data values lie within one Standard Deviation.

What sort of studies can be used to see participants in their natural environment?

Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle?

A random sample of VCE students in a school could be achieved by selecting

The group of interest for research is known as what?

An Operational Hypothesis is a statement which describes

An assessment tool that achieves the same result each time has high _______________

if the effect of a medication was significant, which is the most desirable p value?

A placebo can be defined as

Which of the following procedures is an essential feature of psychological experiments?

Statistics that make judgments and conclusions are known as what?

Statistics that describe, organise and summarise data are know as

In an experiment, it is essential to control for extraneous variables so that

p < 0.05 means that

An Advantage of a Case Study is that

One advantage of an independent groups design is

Which of the following is NOT a measure of Central Tendency?

In a repeated measures design

A researcher uses test scores as a measure of their DV. The test scores are best described as

In a repeated measures experiment, each participant is exposed to

Heart rate can be an IV in an experiment because

What sort of data uses numerical or categorical data?

Operationalising the variables for an experiment involves

The procedure used to control over participant variables and experimenter effects is the use of

The spread of data surrounding the mean is measured by what?

Which of the following is best for collection of self-report data to study consciousness?

A test that measures what it is supposed to measure has high ______________

To avoid practice effects in a repeated measures design, researchers use ___________

A structured observational study will involve