COM 3020 TEST 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is not true of the relationship between independent an dependent variables?
A) The dependent variable always occurs before the independent variable.
B) The causal relationship between the two must have theoretical plausibility.
C) The dependent variable must be capable of change.
D) The independent variable causes change in the dependent variable.
Answer:
A) The dependent variable always occurs before the independent variable.
Question:
2. A _____________ research design allows for multiple measurements of the same dependent variable.
A) Redundant.
B) Multimodal.
C) Longitudinal.
D) Recursive.
Answer:
Longitudinal
Question:
3. What is the most powerful form for testing cause-effect relationships?
Manipulation. Field research. Experiment. Random assignment.
Answer:
Experiment
Question:
4. Which of the following is not a form of quantitative-research design?
Descriptive. Quasi-experimental. Prescriptive. Experimental.
Answer:
Prescriptive
Question:
5. For quantitative-research designs, in what way is the control group used?
It receives full treatment. As the predictor variable. It receives no treatment. As the criterion variable.
Answer:
it receives no treatment
Question:
6. When the research environment is completely realistic and natural, what type of experiment is called
for?
Field experiment Pretest-Posttest experiment Quasi experiment Online experiment
Answer:
field experiment
, Question:
7. Choose the research term that describes "can test for an interaction effect."
Pretest-posttest design Posttest only design Descriptive design Factorial design
Answer:
Factorial Design
Question:
8. Treatment groups are: ______________________. (Select 2 answers)
the groups in which participants receive no stimuli. used in descriptive research designs. based on theory
and reflected in the study's hypotheses. compared to the control group.
Answer:
-based on theory and reflected in the study's hypotheses.
-compared to the control group.
Question:
9. Choose the research term that describes the following concept: two or more manipulated independent
variables are tested for the influence on the dependent variable.
Cross-sectional design Posttest only design Pretest-posttest design Factorial design
Answer:
Factorial Design
Question:
10. Choose the research term that answers the question, "Do two groups differ after the stimulus is
presented to only one group?"
Posttest only Factorial design Pretest-posttest Descriptive research
Answer:
Posttest only
Question:
11. A good survey item is one that is reliable and valid straightforward a complex thought vague or
abstract
Answer:
reliable and valid straightforward
Question:
12. An open question
-provides data from the respondents point of view
-can be useful to standardize the respondents responses
-can create responses that are comparable
-provides data from the researchers point of view
Answer:
provides data from the respondents point of view
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is not true of the relationship between independent an dependent variables?
A) The dependent variable always occurs before the independent variable.
B) The causal relationship between the two must have theoretical plausibility.
C) The dependent variable must be capable of change.
D) The independent variable causes change in the dependent variable.
Answer:
A) The dependent variable always occurs before the independent variable.
Question:
2. A _____________ research design allows for multiple measurements of the same dependent variable.
A) Redundant.
B) Multimodal.
C) Longitudinal.
D) Recursive.
Answer:
Longitudinal
Question:
3. What is the most powerful form for testing cause-effect relationships?
Manipulation. Field research. Experiment. Random assignment.
Answer:
Experiment
Question:
4. Which of the following is not a form of quantitative-research design?
Descriptive. Quasi-experimental. Prescriptive. Experimental.
Answer:
Prescriptive
Question:
5. For quantitative-research designs, in what way is the control group used?
It receives full treatment. As the predictor variable. It receives no treatment. As the criterion variable.
Answer:
it receives no treatment
Question:
6. When the research environment is completely realistic and natural, what type of experiment is called
for?
Field experiment Pretest-Posttest experiment Quasi experiment Online experiment
Answer:
field experiment
, Question:
7. Choose the research term that describes "can test for an interaction effect."
Pretest-posttest design Posttest only design Descriptive design Factorial design
Answer:
Factorial Design
Question:
8. Treatment groups are: ______________________. (Select 2 answers)
the groups in which participants receive no stimuli. used in descriptive research designs. based on theory
and reflected in the study's hypotheses. compared to the control group.
Answer:
-based on theory and reflected in the study's hypotheses.
-compared to the control group.
Question:
9. Choose the research term that describes the following concept: two or more manipulated independent
variables are tested for the influence on the dependent variable.
Cross-sectional design Posttest only design Pretest-posttest design Factorial design
Answer:
Factorial Design
Question:
10. Choose the research term that answers the question, "Do two groups differ after the stimulus is
presented to only one group?"
Posttest only Factorial design Pretest-posttest Descriptive research
Answer:
Posttest only
Question:
11. A good survey item is one that is reliable and valid straightforward a complex thought vague or
abstract
Answer:
reliable and valid straightforward
Question:
12. An open question
-provides data from the respondents point of view
-can be useful to standardize the respondents responses
-can create responses that are comparable
-provides data from the researchers point of view
Answer:
provides data from the respondents point of view
