PSC UNIT 4 TOPIC BASED QUESTIONS WITH ALL
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
What are the ethical obligations of a scientist?
Answers :Be honest
Show your work
Be skeptic and expect others to be so
Treat participants ethically
What are the considerations outlined in the Belmont report?
Answers :Respect for persons
Beneficence
Justice
List a participant rights?
Answers :Informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality
What is informed consent?
Answers :Participants have the right to know
What is being asked of them
what risks/benefits are involved
What is voluntary participation?
Answers :Participants have the right to stop at any time
What is confidentiality?
, Answers :Participants identity will not be linked to their individual performance
Define deception and debriefing
Answers :Deception: not telling the participant the true goal of the study
Debriefing: explaining everything at the end of the study
How do you summarize your findings if both your variables are continuous?
Answers :Scatter plot
How do you summarize your findings if both your variables are categorical?
Answers :Bar graph, proportions
How do you summarize your findings if your predictor is categorical and your
outcome is continuous?
Answers :Bar graph, averages
What questions should you ask when assessing external validity?
Answers :Is the research authentic (match real world)?
Do the results generalize to other situations?
Do the results generalize to other individuals?
What does the method of sample selection affect?
Answers :External validity and the conclusions you can draw
What is a representative/probability sample? Does it have sample bias? What about
its external validity?
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
What are the ethical obligations of a scientist?
Answers :Be honest
Show your work
Be skeptic and expect others to be so
Treat participants ethically
What are the considerations outlined in the Belmont report?
Answers :Respect for persons
Beneficence
Justice
List a participant rights?
Answers :Informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality
What is informed consent?
Answers :Participants have the right to know
What is being asked of them
what risks/benefits are involved
What is voluntary participation?
Answers :Participants have the right to stop at any time
What is confidentiality?
, Answers :Participants identity will not be linked to their individual performance
Define deception and debriefing
Answers :Deception: not telling the participant the true goal of the study
Debriefing: explaining everything at the end of the study
How do you summarize your findings if both your variables are continuous?
Answers :Scatter plot
How do you summarize your findings if both your variables are categorical?
Answers :Bar graph, proportions
How do you summarize your findings if your predictor is categorical and your
outcome is continuous?
Answers :Bar graph, averages
What questions should you ask when assessing external validity?
Answers :Is the research authentic (match real world)?
Do the results generalize to other situations?
Do the results generalize to other individuals?
What does the method of sample selection affect?
Answers :External validity and the conclusions you can draw
What is a representative/probability sample? Does it have sample bias? What about
its external validity?