CECE Research and Program Evaluation
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
C - CORRECT ANSWER - The most valuable type of research is
A. always conducted using a factor analysis
B. conducted using the chi-square
C. the experiment, used to discover cause-and effect relationships
D. the quasi-experiment
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Experiments emphasize parsimony, which means
A. interpreting the results in the simplest way
B. interpreting the results in the most complex manner
C. interpreting the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpreting the results using a clinical interview
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Occam's Razor suggests that experimenters
A. interpret the results in the simplest manner
,B. interpret the results in the most complex manner
C. interpret the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpret the results using a clinical interview
C - CORRECT ANSWER - A counselor educator is running an experiment to test a new
form of counseling. Unbeknownst to the experimenter one of the clients in the study is secretly
seeing a gestalt therapist. This experiment
A. a parsimonious
B. is an example of Occam's Razor
C. is confounded/flawed
D. is valid and will most likely helped the field of counseling
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-directive is to person-centered as
A. psychological testing is to counseling
B. confounding is to experimenting
C. appraisal is to research
D. parsimony is to Occam's Razor
,A - CORRECT ANSWER - An experiment is said to be confounded when
A. undesirable variables are not kept out of the experiment
B. undesirable variables are kept out of the experiment
C. basic research is used to in place of applied research
D. the sample is random
A - CORRECT ANSWER - In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV
stands for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
B. dependent variable; independent variable
C. individual variable; dependent variable
D. independent variable; designer variable
C - CORRECT ANSWER - A professor of counselor education hypothesized that
biofeedback training could reduce anxiety and improve the average score on written board
exams. If this professor decides to conduct a formal experiment the IV will be the ____ and the
DV will be the _____.
A. professor; anxiety level
B. anxiety level; board exam score
, C. biofeedback; board exam score
D. board exam score; biofeedback
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Experimenters should always abide by a code of ethics. The
variable you manipulate/control in an experiment is the
A. DV
B. dependent variable
C. the variable you will measure to determine the outcome
D. IV or independent variable
C - CORRECT ANSWER - In order for the professor of counselor education (see question
8) to conduct an experiment regarding his hypothesis he will need a(n) ______ and a(n)_____.
A. biofeedback group; systematic desensitization group
B. control group; systematic desensitization group
C. control group experimental group
D. control group with at least 60 subjects experimental with at least 60 subjects
C - CORRECT ANSWER - In order for the professor of counselor education to conduct
the experiment suggested in question 8 the experimental group would need to receive
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
C - CORRECT ANSWER - The most valuable type of research is
A. always conducted using a factor analysis
B. conducted using the chi-square
C. the experiment, used to discover cause-and effect relationships
D. the quasi-experiment
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Experiments emphasize parsimony, which means
A. interpreting the results in the simplest way
B. interpreting the results in the most complex manner
C. interpreting the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpreting the results using a clinical interview
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Occam's Razor suggests that experimenters
A. interpret the results in the simplest manner
,B. interpret the results in the most complex manner
C. interpret the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpret the results using a clinical interview
C - CORRECT ANSWER - A counselor educator is running an experiment to test a new
form of counseling. Unbeknownst to the experimenter one of the clients in the study is secretly
seeing a gestalt therapist. This experiment
A. a parsimonious
B. is an example of Occam's Razor
C. is confounded/flawed
D. is valid and will most likely helped the field of counseling
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-directive is to person-centered as
A. psychological testing is to counseling
B. confounding is to experimenting
C. appraisal is to research
D. parsimony is to Occam's Razor
,A - CORRECT ANSWER - An experiment is said to be confounded when
A. undesirable variables are not kept out of the experiment
B. undesirable variables are kept out of the experiment
C. basic research is used to in place of applied research
D. the sample is random
A - CORRECT ANSWER - In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV
stands for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
B. dependent variable; independent variable
C. individual variable; dependent variable
D. independent variable; designer variable
C - CORRECT ANSWER - A professor of counselor education hypothesized that
biofeedback training could reduce anxiety and improve the average score on written board
exams. If this professor decides to conduct a formal experiment the IV will be the ____ and the
DV will be the _____.
A. professor; anxiety level
B. anxiety level; board exam score
, C. biofeedback; board exam score
D. board exam score; biofeedback
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Experimenters should always abide by a code of ethics. The
variable you manipulate/control in an experiment is the
A. DV
B. dependent variable
C. the variable you will measure to determine the outcome
D. IV or independent variable
C - CORRECT ANSWER - In order for the professor of counselor education (see question
8) to conduct an experiment regarding his hypothesis he will need a(n) ______ and a(n)_____.
A. biofeedback group; systematic desensitization group
B. control group; systematic desensitization group
C. control group experimental group
D. control group with at least 60 subjects experimental with at least 60 subjects
C - CORRECT ANSWER - In order for the professor of counselor education to conduct
the experiment suggested in question 8 the experimental group would need to receive
