NCE – Rosenthal Exam Questions And
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____________ research tells whether or not the theory helps solve real world problems. -
Answer✔Applied
____________ research contributes to a theory. - Answer✔Basic
____________ research can be replicated using the same methods. - Answer✔Scientific
If an experiment can be ________________ it is said to be ___________________. -
Answer✔replicated, reliable
Experiments should emphasize ___________________, which means findings should be
explained in the ______________ and most ________________ way. - Answer✔parsimony,
simplest, economical
_________ ______________ is another term for parsimony. - Answer✔Occam's Razor
The most common type of research is known a the _____________ or the so called true
_____________. - Answer✔experiment, experiment
________________ is keeping out undesirable variables. - Answer✔Confounding
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The ____________ ___________ is the variable the experimenter manipulates. -
Answer✔Independent variable
The ____________ ___________ is the result/data. - Answer✔Dependent variable
If a relationship exists, then the ____________ ___________ is somewhat dependent on the
____________ ___________. - Answer✔dependent variable, independent variable
The group that does not receive the independent variable is known as the _________________
group. - Answer✔control
The group that does receive the independent variable is known as the
_______________________ group. - Answer✔experimental
What is the impact of the _____________________ on the ________________________? -
Answer✔independent variable, dependent variable
The process of ___________________ ____________________ is used to assign subjects to the
control group and the experimental group. - Answer✔random sampling
Random sampling keeps the researcher ___________________. - Answer✔honest
_________-__________________ research fails to use random assignments and lacks a control
group. - Answer✔Quasi-experimental
All _________________ group studies are considered quasi-experimental research. -
Answer✔intact
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________________ ___________________ is where persons from sub groups, or strata are
collected. - Answer✔Stratified sampling
In ___________________________ _____________________ sampling, the sample mimics the
population. - Answer✔Proportional stratified
In ________________ ________________, the researcher randomly selects from an existing
group. - Answer✔cluster sampling
_________ sampling (_____ sampling), a popular technique, is also referred to as _________
sampling. - Answer✔Nth, Kth, systematic
The ___________________ of the sample is more important than the _________________
used to acquire the subjects. - Answer✔representativeness, procedure
Random sampling, quasi-experimental sampling, stratified sampling, proportional stratified
sampling, cluster sampling, and systematic sampling are all types of ______________________
sampling. - Answer✔probability
___-______________ samples are not based using the _____________ theory. - Answer✔Non-
probability, probability
The three types of non-probability samples are: - Answer✔Judgement sampling, Convenience
sampling, Quota sampling
Each experiment has at least ____ hypotheses, the _________ hypothesis and the
_______________ hypothesis. (R.A. Fisher) - Answer✔2, null, experimental
The _________ is the ____________________ hypothesis. (H1) - Answer✔hunch, experimental
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