Research methods Mid-term practice

Clever Hans the horse is an example of

Ben finds that his measure of fiscal responsibly has a high correlation with the ABA measure of financial dependability

When determining the causes of behavior, three elements must be present. These include:

Dr. Knope receives a request from the Journal of Academia to review an article they wish to publish for scientific merit

On a scale of 1-5, how much do you agree that MouseRat is awesome and Leslie Knope should be president.

Mr. Karate wants to know if kids like ninja or guitar lessons. He gets 50 kids and randomly puts them in ninja / guitar.

Ron & Chris want to know which leadership seminar is better, so they ask Jerry his opinion of each on a scale of 1-7

In a frequency claim ________ validity is a priority

Tom & Donna have different opinions on the show “Scandal.” Tom gives it two thumbs down & Donna gives it two thumbs up.

Andy steps on his scale at home to find that, though he keeps getting a consistent weight, that weight is only 15 lbs!

Mr. Karate wants to know if kids like ninja or guitar lessons. He gets a list of kids in Pawnee & randomly selects 50.

Random assignment is a critical element of the experimental method because it

Select all probability (unbiased) samples

Experimental control helps facilitate Internal Validity and is accomplished by:

Dr. Feinstein wants to know if Americans like his new cologne "Cat Pee" - which is a better sample for him

Dr. Swanson found that the average number of guns owned increases as the number of government workers increases. This is

Mr. Jamm compares people who go his dentist office to people who go to another one on how many toothaches they have

Leslie measures the temperature of the river 46 times for a government report. The temperature was 71 every single time.

Dr. P conducted a study on drug abuse. She keeps all data in a secure, password-protected folder. Dr. P is maintaining _

Select all non-probability (biased) samples

Dr. Traeger is conducting research in hopes of discovering a way to reverse aging. What type of research is this?

Mark believes everyone in Pawnee is mean because people in public forums are rude. But these are people with complaints.

Ron and Chris want to know which leadership seminar is better - so they observe how many files Jerry completes

Dr. Haverford, a member of Over-Spenders Anonymous (OSA), conducts naturalistic observation research during OSA meetings

Don't you agree, like most decent people, that we should turn the abandoned lot on Sullivan Street into a beautiful park

For her study, Mona-Lisa counts the number of times a child hits another child at school. This is her _____________

Mr. Jamm compares people who go his dentist office to people who go to another one on how many toothaches they have

What section of an APA paper summarizes the results and describes the implications of the study and future directions

Ron and Chris want to know which leadership seminar is better - so they observe Jerry by taking his blood pressure

Which represents a negative relationship between the number of years smoking and optimistic attitude about quitting

Dr. Meagle analyzes her data and finds a statistically significant difference between cat and dog lovers on the FFI.