Exam 2: Getting Started in Research

The only good research questions in psychology are those that lead to new ways to help people.

There is a statistical relationship between two variables if which of the following is true?

If two variables are positively related, changes in one cause changes in the other.

Good research questions should only come from previous research.

Differences between group means are typically presented using bar graphs.

A research question that has already been studied by scientific researchers is generally not worth pursuing further.

Pearson's r cannot be negative.

Which of the following is the most common type of sample in psychological research?

Which of the following is a categorical variable?

Explain how the peer review process generally works in scientific research.

A typical research article would include references to three to five articles or book chapters.

The research literature in psychology consists of all published research in the field.

What makes a research question in psychology "interesting?"

Give an example of each of the two types of statistical relationships discussed in the chapter.

Which of the following studies most clearly has the directionality problem?

An empirical research report presents the results of one or more new empirical studies.