Question 1

Descriptive statistics summarize the results of a study with summary statistics such as means and standard deviations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Assume you study effects of pay (high vs.low)and leadership style (democratic vs.autocratic)on performance.Which of the following is an independent variable?

Accepted Answer

A) pay 
B) leadership style 
C) performance 
D) Both pay and leadership style are independent variables. 
A) pay 
B) leadership style 
C) performance 
D) Both pay and leadership style are independent variables. D

Question 3

You are interested in learning about work factors that cause employee stress,so you watch employees in their organizational setting perform their jobs for a few days.The employees are not aware that they are being studied.What type of research design have you used?

Accepted Answer

A) laboratory design 
B) experimental design 
C) cross-sectional design 
D) unobtrusive observational design 
A) laboratory design 
B) experimental design 
C) cross-sectional design 
D) unobtrusive observational design D

Question 4

Which of the following research projects is performed in a field setting?

Accepted Answer

A) You go into a classroom and give students a questionnaire to study the effects of management style on employee motivation. 
B) You go into a fast food restaurant and give employees a questionnaire to study the effects of pay on job performance. 
C) You design a special room to simulate the work conditions in a factory and manipulate lighting conditions to study the effect of light on performance. 
D) Both "a" and "c" are examples of research in field settings. 
A) You go into a classroom and give students a questionnaire to study the effects of management style on employee motivation. 
B) You go into a fast food restaurant and give employees a questionnaire to study the effects of pay on job performance. 
C) You design a special room to simulate the work conditions in a factory and manipulate lighting conditions to study the effect of light on performance. 
D) Both "a" and "c" are examples of research in field settings.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that control is achieved in research studies?

Accepted Answer

A) control groups. 
B) holding certain variables constant. 
C) systematically varying selected variables. 
D) quasi-experimental design 
A) control groups. 
B) holding certain variables constant. 
C) systematically varying selected variables. 
D) quasi-experimental design

Question 6

Case studies,participant observation,and interviews are all forms of:

Accepted Answer

A) survey methods 
B) experimental methods 
C) quantitative methods 
D) longitudinal survey methods 
A) survey methods 
B) experimental methods 
C) quantitative methods 
D) longitudinal survey methods

Question 7

As a research psychologist you conduct a study that examines the effect of offering a benefits package on job satisfaction.In this study a group of new employees is offered a benefits package; another group is not.Which is the control group?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no control group. 
B) The group receiving the benefits package is the control group. 
C) The group not receiving the benefits package is the control group. 
D) The group having their job satisfaction measured is the control group. 
A) There is no control group. 
B) The group receiving the benefits package is the control group. 
C) The group not receiving the benefits package is the control group. 
D) The group having their job satisfaction measured is the control group.

Question 8

Generalizability of results refers to the concept that the conclusions of a study can be extended to other

Accepted Answer

A) groups of people. 
B) organizations. 
C) settings. 
D) all of the above are correct 
A) groups of people. 
B) organizations. 
C) settings. 
D) all of the above are correct

Question 9

The variance statistic is a measure of ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) dispersion 
B) central tendency 
C) correlation 
D) validity 
A) dispersion 
B) central tendency 
C) correlation 
D) validity

Question 10

In a study that examines the effect of job tenure on job satisfaction,the added variable of the age of the research subject is intertwined with the variable of job tenure.When variables are intertwined in this way such that clear conclusions cannot be drawn,researchers say that a _________ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A) covariation 
B) confounding 
C) cross-sectional design 
D) correlation 
A) covariation 
B) confounding 
C) cross-sectional design 
D) correlation

Question 11

The consistency of measurement over time is assessed by

Accepted Answer

A) internal consistency reliability. 
B) inter-rater reliability. 
C) test-retest reliability. 
D) the temporal stability index. 
A) internal consistency reliability. 
B) inter-rater reliability. 
C) test-retest reliability. 
D) the temporal stability index.

Question 12

Which branch of statistics allows us to draw conclusions that generalize from the subjects we have studied to all the people of interest by allowing us to make inferences based on probabilities?

Accepted Answer

A) Descriptive statistics 
B) Inferential statistics 
C) Meta-analytic statistics 
D) Multivariate statistics 
A) Descriptive statistics 
B) Inferential statistics 
C) Meta-analytic statistics 
D) Multivariate statistics

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major aspects of a research study?

Accepted Answer

A) How to obtain funding for research 
B) Types of research designs 
C) Principles of measurement 
D) Use of statistics to draw conclusions from data 
A) How to obtain funding for research 
B) Types of research designs 
C) Principles of measurement 
D) Use of statistics to draw conclusions from data

Question 14

An advantage of survey designs is:

Accepted Answer

A) they allow causal conclusions to be drawn about the relationships between variables 
B) employees are always good (unbiased)sources of information about variables of interest 
C) the results are more generalizable than those from experiments 
D) they are expensive and time consuming to run 
A) they allow causal conclusions to be drawn about the relationships between variables 
B) employees are always good (unbiased)sources of information about variables of interest 
C) the results are more generalizable than those from experiments 
D) they are expensive and time consuming to run

Question 15

To study the effects of pay on performance you pay some people $10/hour and others $20/hour.You use both male and female employees,but all of them have high ability.Which of the following is a control variable?

Accepted Answer

A) pay 
B) performance 
C) employee gender 
D) ability 
A) pay 
B) performance 
C) employee gender 
D) ability

Question 16

You want to study the effects of training on performance.Because you must get permission to train people,you ask for volunteers.You train the volunteers,and then measure the performance of both volunteers (trained)and non-volunteers (non-trained).You have used

Accepted Answer

A) both random assignment and random selection. 
B) random assignment but not random selection. 
C) random selection but not random assignment. 
D) neither random assignment nor random selection. 
A) both random assignment and random selection. 
B) random assignment but not random selection. 
C) random selection but not random assignment. 
D) neither random assignment nor random selection.

Question 17

You are interested in determining whether or not you can predict the amount of your expected pay increase from your job performance rating.What type of analysis provides you with a mathematical formula that allows the prediction of one variable from another?

Accepted Answer

A) meta-analysis equation 
B) correlation equation 
C) Pearson product-moment equation 
D) regression equation 
A) meta-analysis equation 
B) correlation equation 
C) Pearson product-moment equation 
D) regression equation

Question 18

When I/O psychologists conduct research they are obligated to abide by ethical principles.In which of the following is the researcher NOT acting ethically?

Accepted Answer

A) The researcher obtains informed consent from all subjects in the study. 
B) The researcher reveals the identity of those subjects who responded to the survey to the manager of the company as part of the outcome report. 
C) The researcher discloses the purpose and goals of the research to the subjects prior to testing them. 
D) The researcher conducts an anonymous survey of the employees and reports the results to management. 
A) The researcher obtains informed consent from all subjects in the study. 
B) The researcher reveals the identity of those subjects who responded to the survey to the manager of the company as part of the outcome report. 
C) The researcher discloses the purpose and goals of the research to the subjects prior to testing them. 
D) The researcher conducts an anonymous survey of the employees and reports the results to management.

Question 19

When a variable explains the relationship between two other variables it is referred to as a

Accepted Answer

A) moderator variable. 
B) mediator variable. 
C) factor. 
D) extraneous variable. 
A) moderator variable. 
B) mediator variable. 
C) factor. 
D) extraneous variable.

Question 20

Which of the following statistics is a measure of central tendency?

Accepted Answer

A) standard deviation 
B) mean 
C) variance 
D) correlation 
A) standard deviation 
B) mean 
C) variance 
D) correlation

Descriptive statistics summarize the results of a study with summary statistics such as means and standard deviations.

Assume you study effects of pay (high vs.low)and leadership style (democratic vs.autocratic)on performance.Which of the following is an independent variable?

You are interested in learning about work factors that cause employee stress,so you watch employees in their organizational setting perform their jobs for a few days.The employees are not aware that they are being studied.What type of research design have you used?

Which of the following research projects is performed in a field setting?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that control is achieved in research studies?

Case studies,participant observation,and interviews are all forms of:

As a research psychologist you conduct a study that examines the effect of offering a benefits package on job satisfaction.In this study a group of new employees is offered a benefits package; another group is not.Which is the control group?

Generalizability of results refers to the concept that the conclusions of a study can be extended to other

The variance statistic is a measure of ____________.

The consistency of measurement over time is assessed by

Which branch of statistics allows us to draw conclusions that generalize from the subjects we have studied to all the people of interest by allowing us to make inferences based on probabilities?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major aspects of a research study?

An advantage of survey designs is:

To study the effects of pay on performance you pay some people $10/hour and others $20/hour.You use both male and female employees,but all of them have high ability.Which of the following is a control variable?

You want to study the effects of training on performance.Because you must get permission to train people,you ask for volunteers.You train the volunteers,and then measure the performance of both volunteers (trained)and non-volunteers (non-trained).You have used

You are interested in determining whether or not you can predict the amount of your expected pay increase from your job performance rating.What type of analysis provides you with a mathematical formula that allows the prediction of one variable from another?

When I/O psychologists conduct research they are obligated to abide by ethical principles.In which of the following is the researcher NOT acting ethically?

When a variable explains the relationship between two other variables it is referred to as a

Which of the following statistics is a measure of central tendency?

Introduction

Job Analysis

Performance Appraisal

Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement

Selecting Employees

Training

Theories of Employee Motivation

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Productive and Counterproductive Employee Behavior

Occupational Health Psychology

Work Groups and Work Teams

Leadership and Power in Organizations

Organizational Development and Theory

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Exam 2: Research Methods in I0 Psychology

Descriptive statistics summarize the results of a study with summary statistics such as means and standard deviations.

Assume you study effects of pay (high vs.low)and leadership style (democratic vs.autocratic)on performance.Which of the following is an independent variable?

You are interested in learning about work factors that cause employee stress,so you watch employees in their organizational setting perform their jobs for a few days.The employees are not aware that they are being studied.What type of research design have you used?

Which of the following research projects is performed in a field setting?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that control is achieved in research studies?

Case studies,participant observation,and interviews are all forms of:

As a research psychologist you conduct a study that examines the effect of offering a benefits package on job satisfaction.In this study a group of new employees is offered a benefits package; another group is not.Which is the control group?

Generalizability of results refers to the concept that the conclusions of a study can be extended to other

The variance statistic is a measure of ____________.

The consistency of measurement over time is assessed by

Which branch of statistics allows us to draw conclusions that generalize from the subjects we have studied to all the people of interest by allowing us to make inferences based on probabilities?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major aspects of a research study?

An advantage of survey designs is:

To study the effects of pay on performance you pay some people $10/hour and others $20/hour.You use both male and female employees,but all of them have high ability.Which of the following is a control variable?

You want to study the effects of training on performance.Because you must get permission to train people,you ask for volunteers.You train the volunteers,and then measure the performance of both volunteers (trained)and non-volunteers (non-trained).You have used

You are interested in determining whether or not you can predict the amount of your expected pay increase from your job performance rating.What type of analysis provides you with a mathematical formula that allows the prediction of one variable from another?

When I/O psychologists conduct research they are obligated to abide by ethical principles.In which of the following is the researcher NOT acting ethically?

When a variable explains the relationship between two other variables it is referred to as a

Which of the following statistics is a measure of central tendency?

Introduction

Job Analysis

Performance Appraisal

Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement

Selecting Employees

Training

Theories of Employee Motivation

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Productive and Counterproductive Employee Behavior

Occupational Health Psychology

Work Groups and Work Teams

Leadership and Power in Organizations

Organizational Development and Theory

Filters