2019 MCQ Paper 1

What type of distribution is it when the majority of participants score highly on the measure which they are assessed

Which is true of a naturalistic observation?

When would it be best to use the median rather than the mean?

Which is true of a field experiment?

What fraction is represented by the decimal 0.05?

Which symbol in statistics means ‘approximately’?

difference in aggression between boys and girls recording the number of times a child shouted at someone during break

the extent to which the scores on one measure are able to predictthe outcome on another related measure?

Which of these is the name of an interviewing technique where the researcher has no pre-plannedquestions?

Which of these inferential statistical tests is the only one that does not involve ranking of the dataat some stage

What is a coding frame?

In Baron-Cohen what sampling technique was used to obtain the high functioning adults with autism (HFA)?

Where in the write up provides asummary of the research conducted?

Which of the calculated values from a Spearman’s Rho test best reflect the correlation displayed below?

Which of these best describes what a ‘Type 2’ error refers to?

What type of data is displayed in a histogram?

What does the term ‘representativeness’ refer to?

In the study by Simons and Chabris investigating inattentional blindness, how was the dependentvariable operationalised?

For which of the following would it be appropriate to use a line graph to display the data?

What name is given to the type of data collected directly by the researchers?