SPCE 316 Quizzes | 199 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

A study was undertaken to determine the effects of amount of study time on test performance. In this case, what type of variable is the amount of study time? - independent Follow-up phases should be given a letter notation. - False (pg 12) In single-subject research, letter notations stand for: - study phases How is the independent variable represented on an x-y graph? - labels on phases What did J. B. Watson urge psychologists to focus their study on? - observable behavior Baer emphasized that procedures in a study should be described in a way that: - experimental methods can be clearly compared. Good technical descriptions of study procedures are necessary to ensure that research can be replicated. - True Which of the following is a type of variable? - independent The purpose of the follow-up phase in an investigation is to: - determine whether the effects of the independent variable will continue Which of the following elements may NOT be found on an x-y graph? - description of independent variables The x-axis on a graph usually represents: - time Which of the following are reasons that baseline data are gathered before implementing the independent variable? - Important aspects of the dependent variable and its environment may be revealed (pg 8)