CECE Research and Program
Evaluation Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
C - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV stands
for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
Evaluation Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
C - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV stands
for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
