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A Type I error is known as which of the following?
A false positive
Sasha believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she
is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Sasha concludes that she is a nice person and says
she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she
is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following?
Cherry-picking of evidence
Dr. Hoda measures job satisfaction and number of years of education. In examining her
scatterplot, she sees that the cloud of points has no slope. This indicates which type of
relationship?
Zero association
Which of the following validities is NOT examined in all research claims?
Internal validity
Which of the following is an association claim?
"Owning a dog is related to higher life satisfaction."
A common finding in the study of aggression is that exposure to television is associated with
increased aggressive behavior in children. You know this relationship may not be causal
because you are not sure which occurred first—watching television or being aggressive. You
are questioning which of the following rules of causation?
The rule of temporal precedence
Which of the following is true of operational definitions?
, The specification of operational definitions is one of the creative aspects of the research
process.
Establishing construct validity is most important for which of the following?
An abstract concept
Which of the following is a reason NOT to use observational operationalizations?
You need a lot of participants
How many subcategories of quantitative variables exist? Hint: These are the main ways a
variable can be operationalized.
Three
There is only one correct way to operationalize any given variable.
False
Which of the following is NOT an example of physiological measurement?
Number of panic attacks a patient reports
Hosea is studying the relationship between caffeine consumption and problem-solving
ability. Which of the following is a categorical way to operationalize caffeine consumption?
Whether the participant drank a soda in the 24 hours prior to the study
Establishing construct validity would probably be most important for which of the following?
A measure of religiosity
Todd is also studying the effect of popularity on academic success for his research methods
project. He decides to measure popularity by asking each elementary school student to tell
him how many friends he or she has. He assumes that more friends means the student is
more popular. Which of the following best describes this variable?
A ratio scale of measurement
Answers
A Type I error is known as which of the following?
A false positive
Sasha believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she
is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Sasha concludes that she is a nice person and says
she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she
is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following?
Cherry-picking of evidence
Dr. Hoda measures job satisfaction and number of years of education. In examining her
scatterplot, she sees that the cloud of points has no slope. This indicates which type of
relationship?
Zero association
Which of the following validities is NOT examined in all research claims?
Internal validity
Which of the following is an association claim?
"Owning a dog is related to higher life satisfaction."
A common finding in the study of aggression is that exposure to television is associated with
increased aggressive behavior in children. You know this relationship may not be causal
because you are not sure which occurred first—watching television or being aggressive. You
are questioning which of the following rules of causation?
The rule of temporal precedence
Which of the following is true of operational definitions?
, The specification of operational definitions is one of the creative aspects of the research
process.
Establishing construct validity is most important for which of the following?
An abstract concept
Which of the following is a reason NOT to use observational operationalizations?
You need a lot of participants
How many subcategories of quantitative variables exist? Hint: These are the main ways a
variable can be operationalized.
Three
There is only one correct way to operationalize any given variable.
False
Which of the following is NOT an example of physiological measurement?
Number of panic attacks a patient reports
Hosea is studying the relationship between caffeine consumption and problem-solving
ability. Which of the following is a categorical way to operationalize caffeine consumption?
Whether the participant drank a soda in the 24 hours prior to the study
Establishing construct validity would probably be most important for which of the following?
A measure of religiosity
Todd is also studying the effect of popularity on academic success for his research methods
project. He decides to measure popularity by asking each elementary school student to tell
him how many friends he or she has. He assumes that more friends means the student is
more popular. Which of the following best describes this variable?
A ratio scale of measurement
