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Research Methods in Psychology
Research Methods in Psychology
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1
What is a positively skewed distribution?
All negative scores.
All positive scores.
One low score outlier with lots of high scores.
One high score outlier with lots of low scores.
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What does IRB stand for?
Independent Review Base
Institutional Review Board
Institutional Revenue Board
International Review Board
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2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. What is the median of the set of data?
5
6
9
4
4
Which number has the highest correlation?
0.95
0.32
-0.65
-0.98
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Students are asked to answer ten questions on the quality of school lunches. This is a...
Naturalistic observation
Correlational study
Survey
Observation
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What does APA stand for?
American Physics Association
American Psychology Application
American Psychology Association
Association Psychology American
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What is a negatively skewed distribution?
All positive scores.
One low score outlier with lots of high scores.
One high score outlier with lots of low scores.
All negative scores.
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2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7. What is the mode of this sequence?
6
5
7
2
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The effect of hours of sleep on student productivity. What is the independent variable?
The effect of the problem.
Cannot be determined.
The student productivity.
Hours of sleep.
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What does the APA do?
Establish the hypothesis
Come up with the experiment
Establish the ethical guidelines for experiments
Perform the experiment
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The effect of music genres on studying habits. What is the Dependent Variable?
Music genres
Country music
Studying habits
Rock and Roll
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One standard deviation is...?
95%
66%
98%
0%
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A psychologist watches the students play on the playground and takes notes. This is a...
Case Study
Naturalistic Observation
Experiment
Survey
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Psychologist studies the impact of parenting styles on one child's development over ten years.
Case Study
Survey
Experiment
Longitudinal Study
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A scientist measures types of fertilizers on growth of plants. This is an example of...
An Experiment
A Longitudinal Study
A Survey
A Cross Sectional Study
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1, 1, 2, 4. What is the mean of this set of data?
6
2
8
4
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Which number has the weakest correlation?
-0.54
0.45
0.50
-0.78
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A normal distribution is when...?
The range is the same
The mean, median, and mode are all the same
The mode and median are the same, but the mean is different
The mean, median, and mode are all different
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What is a case study?
A person/group is studied for a long period of time.
One person records his/her emotional interactions.
One person/group is studied in detail to reveal a solution.
Taking away something to bring forth a change.
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5, 10, 15, 20. What is the range of this set of data?
10
25
15
5
