PBSI 353: EXAM 1 questions and
answers
What percentage of psychologists go into I/O? - correct answer ✔✔6%. 48% are applied
psychologists, 38% are professors, 80% with masters are applied psychologists.
What is P-Hacking? - correct answer ✔✔using multiples statistical analyzes and only reporting
the significant ones
Which of the following is NOT a goal of science? - correct answer ✔✔understanding
Employees are coming in late on Mondays so we hypothesize that people are staying up too late
on the weekend. - correct answer ✔✔inductive reasoning
Since it is logical to assume people do not like Mondays, we predict workers will tend to come in
late Monday. - correct answer ✔✔deductive reasoning
What are the two most important parts to designing a research study? - correct answer ✔✔the
naturalness of researching setting & the degree of control over the study
What would be an example of a study with high generalizability (external validity)? - correct
answer ✔✔a study where researchers watch real people in their real work settings
What type of study design is this? High amounts of internal validity, controls for IV, and
randomly assigned. - correct answer ✔✔true experiment
answers
What percentage of psychologists go into I/O? - correct answer ✔✔6%. 48% are applied
psychologists, 38% are professors, 80% with masters are applied psychologists.
What is P-Hacking? - correct answer ✔✔using multiples statistical analyzes and only reporting
the significant ones
Which of the following is NOT a goal of science? - correct answer ✔✔understanding
Employees are coming in late on Mondays so we hypothesize that people are staying up too late
on the weekend. - correct answer ✔✔inductive reasoning
Since it is logical to assume people do not like Mondays, we predict workers will tend to come in
late Monday. - correct answer ✔✔deductive reasoning
What are the two most important parts to designing a research study? - correct answer ✔✔the
naturalness of researching setting & the degree of control over the study
What would be an example of a study with high generalizability (external validity)? - correct
answer ✔✔a study where researchers watch real people in their real work settings
What type of study design is this? High amounts of internal validity, controls for IV, and
randomly assigned. - correct answer ✔✔true experiment
