Statistics & Research Methods (CBSE-NET (Based on NTA-UGC) Psychology (Paper-II)): Questions 6 - 11 of 184
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Question number: 6
» Statistics & Research Methods » Inferential Statistics
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A psychologist watches the rapid eye movements of sleeping subjects and wakes them to find they report that they were dreaming. She concludes that dreams are linked to rapid eye movements. This conclusion is based on
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| Choice (5) | Response | |
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| a. | prior prediction. |
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| b. | naturalistic observation. |
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| c. | pure speculation. |
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| d. | direct observation. |
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| e. | deduction from direct observation. |
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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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| Choice (5) | Response | |
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| a. | the experimenter effect. |
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| b. | the halo effect. |
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| c. | observer bias. |
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| d. | the effects of the observer. |
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| e. | 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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| a. | Rules of nature |
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| b. | Rules of law |
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| c. | Statistically normal behavior |
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| d. | Universal rules of conduct |
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| e. | Standards and expectations shared by members of a society |
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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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| a. | Writing Bibliography |
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| b. | Creation of experimental design |
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| c. | Designing Theory |
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| d. | Doing an experiment |
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| e. | Formulation of hypothesis |
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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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| a. | mode |
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| b. | skewness |
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| c. | median |
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| d. | mean |
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| e. | standard deviation |
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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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| a. | Surveys |
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| b. | Case studies |
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| c. | Experimental research |
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| d. | Naturalistic observations |
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| e. | Correlational research |
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