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<strong>PS370</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Methods</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Psychology</strong> Onl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Exam</strong> 3 <strong>Answers</strong><br />

(<strong>Ashworth</strong> <strong>College</strong>)<br />

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<strong>PS370</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Methods</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> Onl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Exam</strong> 3 <strong>Answers</strong> (<strong>Ashworth</strong> <strong>College</strong>)<br />

Question 1 of 20<br />

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Cross-tabulation can be used with __________ measures.<br />

A. ord<strong>in</strong>al<br />

B. ratio<br />

C. nom<strong>in</strong>al<br />

D. All of the above<br />

Question 2 of 20<br />

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All of the follow<strong>in</strong>g belong to the realm of descriptive statistics EXCEPT:<br />

A. frequency counts and distributions.<br />

B. the null hypothesis.<br />

C. summary statistics.<br />

D. graphical representations of data.<br />

Question 3 of 20<br />

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A researcher needs to pick six numbers so that the total adds up to 180. The number of degrees of freedom<br />

would be:<br />

A. 6. B. 7. C. 4. D. 5. (NOTE NOT A. EITHER)<br />

Question 4 of 20<br />

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What will happen if the researcher <strong>in</strong>creases the level of Type I error without mak<strong>in</strong>g any other changes?<br />

A. The level of Type II error will <strong>in</strong>crease.<br />

B. The level of Type II error will decrease.<br />

C. Alpha will decrease.<br />

D. There will be no change <strong>in</strong> either alpha or the level of Type II error.


(NOTE) NOT A. EITHER)<br />

Question 5 of 20<br />

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When us<strong>in</strong>g SPSS for W<strong>in</strong>dows to compute a regression l<strong>in</strong>e, you should also request a __________ to see<br />

how well the data fits a straight l<strong>in</strong>e function.<br />

A. product-moment correlation<br />

B. scatter plot<br />

C. MANOVA<br />

D. median graph<br />

Question 6 of 20<br />

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Which correlation represents the strongest relationship?<br />

A. +.37 B. +.68 C. -.02 D. -.73<br />

Question 7 of 20<br />

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As group size <strong>in</strong>creases:<br />

A. frequency polygons appear more jagged.<br />

B. histograms will look like normal curves.<br />

C. frequency polygons appear smoother.<br />

D. frequency polygons will look like normal curves.<br />

Question 8 of 20<br />

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In a study on the effects of a new type of soft light<strong>in</strong>g on task efficiency us<strong>in</strong>g two groups of office workers as<br />

the participants, what is the null hypothesis?<br />

A. There will be no task efficiency difference between the groups <strong>in</strong> the two conditions.<br />

B. The effects of the lights on one group will be nullified by the effects on the other group.<br />

C. The new type of light<strong>in</strong>g will lead to greater task efficiency.<br />

D. The new type of light<strong>in</strong>g will lead to lower task efficiency.<br />

Question 9 of 20<br />

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A researcher wants to study all 2000 college graduates from the University of Hawaii. She gathers data from all<br />

the college graduates at the University of Hawaii <strong>in</strong> the year 2000. She has studied a:<br />

A. reference group. B. sample. C. population. D. statistic.<br />

Question 10 of 20<br />

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The association between two variables is best <strong>in</strong>dexed by the:<br />

A. standard deviation.<br />

B. variance.<br />

C. sum of squares.<br />

D. correlation coefficient.<br />

Question 11 of 20<br />

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The purpose of descriptive statistics is to:<br />

A. determ<strong>in</strong>e if the sample data accurately describe the population.<br />

B. simplify and organize large sets of data.


C. help us decide whether population means are equal.<br />

D. All of the above<br />

Question 12 of 20<br />

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In a study on bruxism (gr<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g of the teeth), participants recorded for six months the number of times per day<br />

they experienced facial pa<strong>in</strong>. The data described above can be represented pictorially by a graph called a:<br />

A. frequency parabola. B. biaxial distribution.<br />

C. frequency tetrahedron. D. frequency polygon.<br />

Question 13 of 20<br />

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In a study on medication compliance <strong>in</strong> residents of a skilled nurs<strong>in</strong>g facility, the researcher wants to do a<br />

"median split." Where would the researcher f<strong>in</strong>d the median of the distribution of compliance scores?<br />

A. At the 30th percentile B. At the 50th percentile C. At the 100th percentile<br />

D. At the same po<strong>in</strong>t as the mode of the distribution<br />

Question 14 of 20<br />

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An advantage of a frequency polygon is that:<br />

A. two frequency distributions can be compared on the same graph.<br />

B. only one frequency distribution can be plotted on one graph.<br />

C. no further statistical analysis is necessary.<br />

D. the data need no explanation or <strong>in</strong>terpretation.<br />

Question 15 of 20<br />

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The goal <strong>in</strong> psychological experimentation is to show that differences on dependent measures are due to:<br />

A. preexist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dividual differences.<br />

B. research manipulations. C. research manipulations and measurement error.<br />

D. <strong>in</strong>dividual differences that were manipulated by the researcher.<br />

Question 16 of 20<br />

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In a classroom for gifted students, we would expect the distribution of IQ scores to be:<br />

A. rectil<strong>in</strong>ear. B. identical. C. skewed. D. symmetric.<br />

Question 17 of 20<br />

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Statistical simplification for nom<strong>in</strong>al or ord<strong>in</strong>al data is often done by us<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

A. a t-test. B. frequency distributions.<br />

C. means. D. standard deviations.<br />

Question 18 of 20<br />

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As effect size <strong>in</strong>creases:<br />

A. power will <strong>in</strong>crease. B. power will decrease.<br />

C. power is unchanged. D. the sample size <strong>in</strong>creases.<br />

Question 19 of 20<br />

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What is the appropriate statistical procedure for evaluat<strong>in</strong>g the difference among two or more groups?


A. ANOVA B. t-test C. Standard deviation D. Either A or B<br />

Question 20 of 20<br />

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A researcher wants to measure the relationship between age and score on this test. The most appropriate<br />

statistic would be the:<br />

A. Spearman rank-order correlation.<br />

B. sign test.<br />

C. Pearson product-moment correlation.<br />

D. repeated measures ANOVA.

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