GRM 697 The Research Process
GRM 697 The Research Process
7. What is a characteristic of quasi-experimental research?
a) does not establish cause and effect relationships
b) assignment to groups based on some pre-determined characteristic
c) has the highest degree of control over the factors being examined
d) assignment to groups is random in nature
8. What is another term for basic research?
a) real research
b) pure research
c) appl ied research
d) baseline research
9. What is one characteristic of poor research?
a) based on the work of other researchers
b) incremental
c) a political activity
d) leads to additional questions
10. Madison is interested in how many of the children in her school come from single-parent, intact, and blended families. What method of research would she use?
a) correlational
b) quasi-experimental
c) experimental
d) descriptive
1l. Matthew thinks that there is a relationship between parenting style and self-esteem in children. Which research method should he use?
a) correlational
b) quasi-experimental
c) descriptive
d) historical
12. In a study of the effect of the amount TV viewing on children’s aggressiveness, amount of TV viewing would be what type of variable?
a) independent variable
b) dependent variable
c) control variable
d) extraneous variable
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19. There will be no relationship between children’s time in day care and later academic achievement. This is an example of which of the fol- lowing?
a) a research hypothesis
b) a factorial design
c) a correlational hypothesis
d) a null hypothesis
20. The significance level reported in a research study can be explained by which of the following?
a) importance of the results to the benefit of society
b) statistical methods to determine the results of the study
c) risk associated with not bei ng 100 confident the difference is due to the treatment
d) importance of the results to the benefit of an individual
21. A nondirectional research hypothesis is similar to a directional hypoth- esis in what way?
a) both specify the direction of the difference between groups
b) both reflect differences between groups
c) are non-specific regarding the direction of group differences
d) make no allusion to group differences
22. Which type of source is NOT typically included in a literature review?
a) general sources
b) tertiary sources
c) secondary sources
d) primary sources
23. What use do secondary sources provide?
a) finding a scholarly summary of research
b) finding further sources of research
c) sometimes citing in your literature review
d) all of the above
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29. What does the ethical principle of “sharing benefits” mean?
a) All participants in the same study should receive an equal share of the benefits, or subject payments.
b) All those who belong to the population being studied will share equally from the benefits the study produces.
c) The results of studies must be shared with the public so society may benefit from the increased knowledge.
d) All groups involved in a study should eventually be given an opportu- nity to receive any treatments that were found to be effective in the study.
30. Which source allows the researcher to locate articles which cite a specific article?
a) Educational Resources Information Center
b) Social Sciences Citation Index
c) Psychological Abstracts
d) Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography
31. What is the best way to find a particular home page?
a) use a search engine
b) randomly open home pages until you find the right one
c) telephone the organization that operates the home page
d) guess at the possible URL address
32. In which sampling technique does every kth name on the list selected?
a) simple random sampling
b) systematic sampling
c) stratified sampling
d) cluster sampling
33. Which sampling technique can assure that the profile of the sample matches the profile of the population?
a) simple random sampling
b) systematic sampling
c) stratified sampling
d) cluster sampling
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40. Sampling error can be defined by which of the following statements?
a) increased by increasing sample size
b) larger as the diversity of sample values becomes smaller
c) can be minimized by using simple random sampling
d) becomes equal to zero over many samples
41. Which of the following variables is an example of the nominal level of measurement?
a) rank in graduating class
b) gender
c) age of students
d) amount of money earned
42. The interval level of measurement would include which of the follow- ing?
a) number of words spelled incorrectly
b) hair color
c) IQ score
d) height
43. The ratio level of measurement would include which of the following?
a) political affiliation
b) amount of books owned
c) order of finishing test
d) GR E score
44. Which level of measurement conveys the most information?
a) nominal
b) ordinal
c) interval
d) ratio
45. A score that you would actually record is a(n) _
a) observed score
b) true score
c) error score
d) false score
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52. In which type of recording is a subject observed for a particular amount of time?
a) duration
b) interval
c) frequency
d) continuous
53. Which of the following difficulty levels indicates the item that was the most difficult?
a) 0.40
b) 0.30
c) 0.05
d) 0.50
54. Name a multiple choice item which provides a plausible but wrong answer.
a) attracter
b) alternative
c) detractor
d) distracter
55. Intelligence tests usually compare the performance of a child against
other children of the same age. This type of test is called _
a) an achievement test
b) a standardized test
c) a norm-referenced test
d) a criterion-referenced test
56. Tests such as the Denver Developmental Screening Test are used
a) as dependent variables
b) for entrance to a program to identify strengths and weaknesses
c) to distinguish among people for selection purposes
d) to determi ne if program goals were met
57. What is the computed number for how well an item distinguishes between the “knowing” and the “unknowing”?
a) item analysis
b) discrimination index
c) difficulty index d)attitude index
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64. What is rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true?
a) Type I error
b) correct
c) Type II error
d) variance
65. What does a level of significance of .05 mean?
a) There is a .5 chance of Type I error.
b) There is a 5 chance of Type I error.
c) There is a .05 chance of Type I error.
d) There is a 50 chance of Type I error.
66. If the two groups you are comparing are related to each other, what test should you use?
a) factor analysis
b) MANOVA
c) t-test for independent means
d) t-test for dependent means
67. What technique reduces the number of variables in a construct?
a) effect size
b) MANOVA
c) factor analysis
d) t-test
68. The level of significance is similar to which of the following?
a) a Type I error
b) a Type II error
c) a bell curve
d) the null hypothesis
69. In order to determine the critical value, which two pieces of infor- mation are needed?
a) mean and sample size
b) degrees of freedom and level of significance
c) mean and standard deviation
d) degrees of freedom and variance
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75. If you square a correlation coefficient and subtract this number from 1.00, what is the result?
a) the coefficient of al ienation
b) the coefficient of determination
c) the amount of variance NOT explained by the variance in each variable
d) both a and c
76. What “objects” are open to interpretation?
a) archival records
b) focus groups
c) interviews
d) physical artifacts
77. Which of the following is better to use?
a) primary sources
b) secondary sources
c) they are both equal in value
d) don’t use either
78. What is another term for historical research?
a) histology
b) historiography
c) histonomy
d) theory analysis
79. What is data that is derived from sources at least once removed from the original event?
a) secondary sources
b) global sources
c) primary sources
d) informal sources
80. What is another term for accuracy?
a) authenticity
b) secondary
c) internal criticism
d) validity
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86. What is the most serious threat to internal validity in nonequiva- lent control group design?
a) selection
b) maturation
c) morta I ity
d) testing
87. Why use nonequivalent control group design?
a) less cost
b) less time involved
c) easier training
d) because you cannot assign subjects to groups
88. Professor Russel wants to examine the effectiveness of his new reading instruction method for third graders. He locates two third grade classes in the same school. He assesses all students’ current reading ability at the start of the school year. He then has one classroom utilize his new instruction method while the other classroom uses the traditional method. At the end of the school year, Professor Russell assesses reading ability once again and compares group differences. The design of this study exemplifies which of the following?
a) nonequivalent control group design
b) static group comparison
c) Solomon two-group design
d) factorial design
89. Which of the following sequences exemplifies the method of a single-subject design?
a) measure behavior prior to treatment, apply treatment, withdraw
treatment
b) apply treatment, measure behavior, withdraw treatment
c) apply treatment, withdraw treatment, measure behavior
d) apply treatment with a treatment
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