QUIZ 2   TAKE HOME ASSESSMENT   
1. The number of people who complete a survey in relation to the number of people contacted to participate is called the:  a)            response set.  
b)            Response rate. 
c)            response bias
d)            population
 2. The question, “Do you think that television should have less violence and fewer shows about sex” (answered on a 7-point agree to disagree scale), is considered:   a) double-barrelled.  
b)            loaded. 
c)            open-ended.  
d)            qualitative
e)            all of the above
 3. Which type of question is most likely to be used when the researcher is just beginning to explore what people think about a particular topic?  
a)            closed-ended  
b)            open-ended
c)            multiple-choice
d)            true-false
 4. If people do not respond honestly on a survey, this may be due to something social psychologists refer to as______: a)                 A response set
b)            “Faking bad” to get out of homework
c)            Social desirability effect
d)            All of the above are correct
 5. With open-ended questions, respondents are ________. 
A)           free to answer any way they like 
B)            given a limited number of response alternatives 
C)            led to respond in one particular way 
D)           likely to respond either “yea-saying” or “nay-saying”
 6.           With ___________, every member of the population has an equal probability of being selected for the sample. 
A)           simple random sampling 
B)            non-probability sampling 
C)            quota sampling 
D)           cluster sampling
E)            Snowball samples
  7.          Which of the following is a form of probability sampling? 
A)           cluster sampling 
B)            haphazard sampling 
C)            quota sampling    D) All of the above.
 8.           What is a major distinction between quantitative and qualitative descriptive methods?     Quantitative techniques use ____ while qualitative techniques involve _____.
A)           correlational methods; experimental methods
B)            experimental methods; correlational methods
C)            numerical descriptions; verbal descriptions
D)           verbal descriptions; numerical descriptions
 9. When a representative sample of individuals are questioned about their opinions, this is known as a:
A)           Field Study
B)            Survey
C)            Correlational Study
D)           Double Blind Study
E)            Experiment
 10. Providing a 5-point rating scale to be used to answer questions on a survey is an example of: A) Open ended questions
B)            Closed ended questions
C)            All of the above
 11. If your sample does not represent everyone in a population, then the results of your study will not be generalizable to the population, and we would say the study lacks _____________
A)           Random Sampling             
B)            Stratified Sampling  
C)            Internal Validity
D)           External Validity   
E)            Informed consent (not-ethical)
 12. Dr. Silverman is interested in the daily activities of a group of 4th graders.  He asks the children to indicate the amount of time per day they spend watching television, playing games, and studying.  This type of data gathering technique would be an example of a(n) _____ approach.
A)           organizational (archival) research
B)            quantitative research
C)            qualitative research
D)           experiential case study
 13. A researcher wants to gather information on citizens’ feelings about the building of a new airport in their neighborhood.  She gathers groups of citizens and engages them in a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed airport.  This type of data gathering would best be referred to as a(n) ______ approach.
A)           organizational evaluation
B)            quantitative survey
C)            qualitative focus group
D)           experiential case study
 14. The research approach in which the researcher does not actually collect original data, but analyzes already existing data, is called
__________ A) a psychobiography.
B)            a field experiment.
C)            Archival research.
D)           Statistical reporting.
 15. This is a review of multiple studies, in which an “effect size” is calculated for each study, and then combined so a conclusion can be made about the entire series of multiple studies. a) Archival study
b)            Meta-analysis
c)            Literature review
d)            Survey
e)            Naturalistic Observation
 16.  “Do you think it is important to decrease the extreme amount of money wasted on holiday decorations?” is an example of a _____ question.
A)           double-barrelled
B)            negative wording
C)            loaded
D)           simplistic
 17. “Do you favor that elected officials not be allowed to run for more than two consecutive terms in office?” is an example of which type of question? A) Double-barreled
B)            Simplistic
C)            Yea-saying and nay-saying
D)           Negative wording
 18. This is a measurement of the direction and strength of the relationship between two dependent variables: a) correlation
b)            between subjects main effect
c)            naturalistic observational 
d)            Analysis of Variance
e)            Demographic results
 19. A high positive correlation between exercise and caloric consumption means:
a)            people eat more, and this causes them to exercise.
b)            Exercise causes people to become hungry, so they eat more.
c)            the two variables are related – as exercise goes up so does exercising, and vice versa.
d)            none of the above is correct.
 20. Sampling techniques are MOST important in what aspect of a study?
A.            the reliability of the results
B.            the treatment effects
C.            generalizing the results to the population
D.            the internal validity of the study 
 21. In a research study, the experimenter manipulated the Independent Variable, and then assigned subjects to the various conditions using a random number table.  In this way the groups were similar in makeup. This is known as: a. Simple Random sampling
b.            Random selection of sample
c.             Randomized assignment
d.            Micro-genetic research
 22. Which type of scale has adjectives at each end of the scale that are opposites of each other? a) Semantic differential
b)            Likert
c)            Staple
d)            Max Diff
 23. Classifying males and females by entering data as a 1 for female, and 2 for male, is an example of which measurement level?
A.            Nominal
B.            Ordinal
C.            Interval
D.            Ratio Scale
 24.         A researcher enters data for the year in college of survey participants. She enters 1=First year students, 2=sophomores, 3=Juniors, 4=Seniors.  This is an example of what type of measurement level?
A.            Nominal                      C. Interval
B.            Ordinal                        D. Ratio Scale
 25.         A researcher classifies workers as: 1) clerical, 2) technical or 3) administrative.   This example is which measurement scale?
A.            Nominal                     C. Interval
B.            Ordinal                       D. Ratio Scale
 26.         A researcher enters data for the income (in dollars earned annually) of each type of worker in the study above.  This is an example of what type of measurement level?
A.            Nominal
B.            Ordinal
C.            Interval
D.            Ratio Scale
 27.         Students are divided into 2 groups. One group of all male students listened to classical music during an exam, while the other group of all female students took the test in silence.  The researchers observed that students did better in the silent group than the music condition. What is confounded in this study?
A.            Music and Silence
B.            Gender and music
C.            Test performance and gender
D.            Test performance and music
 28.         The process of clearly identifying how a variable is measured or manipulated is referred to as the _______ of the variable.
A.            reliability
B.            validity
C.            level
D.            operational definition
 29.         When studying the effect of maternal alcohol use on disruptive behavior in children, the child’s behavior is considered:
A.            The independent variable
B.            The dependent variable
C.            Unrelated to maternal alcohol use
D.            A researcher manipulated variable
 30.         When studying effects of maternal alcohol use on disruptive child behaviors; maternal alcohol use is:
A.            The independent variable
B.            The dependent variable
C.            Unrelated to maternal alcohol use
D.            A researcher manipulated variable
 
31.          The presence of an extraneous variable (confound) in an experiment is undesirable because: a) a remission is likely to occur.
b)            The experimenter cannot be sure if the results are due to the extraneous variable or the independent variables.
c)            it increases the number of subjects required for each of the treatment groups.
d)            it allows you to draw a strong conclusion since the use of statistics on the data is impossible.
 32. Psychology is a science?    A. True         B. False