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Question number: 7
» Statistics & Research Methods » Application of Statistics in Psychology
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The problems of observers seeing only what they expect to see is called
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| a. | the halo effect. |
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| b. | the effects of the observer. |
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| c. | observer bias. |
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| d. | laboratory effect. |
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Question number: 8
» Statistics & Research Methods » Application of Statistics in Psychology
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Norms can be best defined as:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Standards and expectations shared by members of a society |
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| b. | Statistically normal behavior |
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| c. | Rules of nature |
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| d. | Universal rules of conduct |
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Question number: 9
» Statistics & Research Methods » Inferential Statistics
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What is the ultimate element in research formulation?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Writing Bibliography |
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| b. | Designing Theory |
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| c. | Doing an experiment |
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| d. | Creation of experimental design |
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Question number: 10
» Statistics & Research Methods » Application of Statistics in Psychology
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The most frequent score in a set of scores is known as the:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | skewness |
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| b. | mode |
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| c. | mean |
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| d. | median |
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Question number: 11
» Statistics & Research Methods » Inferential Statistics
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Which of the following research methods does not permit researchers to draw conclusions related to cause-and-effect relationships?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Naturalistic observations |
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| b. | Case studies |
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| c. | Correlational research |
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| d. | Surveys |
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Question number: 12
» Statistics & Research Methods » Application of Statistics in Psychology
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If a researcher establishes a causal relationship between eating breakfast and work performance, which of the following methods of research is used?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Correlational research |
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| b. | Experimental research |
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| c. | Survey |
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| d. | Statistics |
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Question number: 13
» Statistics & Research Methods » Inferential Statistics
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One of the limitations of the case study is that
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | there are control groups. |
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| b. | there are few subjects for which it is applicable. |
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| c. | there are no control groups. |
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| d. | it is not applicable to the study of bizarre behavior. |
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