Exam 2: Research Methods in I0 Psychology

_________ refers to the inferences that are made about what an observed score measures or represents.

In your study of motivation and performance you count the number of computer chips assembled by each worker.This type of measurement is called

If in your English class you were given a test that contained 85% mathematics questions and only 15% vocabulary questions,you would say the test lacked

When conducting survey research psychologists use the term to refer to the percentage of those surveyed who agree to participate.

A hypothesis is

When the probability is less then 1 in 20 that the result of a research study is due to chance,the results of the study are said to be non-significant.

An I/O psychologist must protect the well being of subjects in research,but not in practice.

A quantitative method of combining the results of a number of research studies is called

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

Which of the following shows the strongest correlation between variables X and Y?

According to classical measurement theory, every observation of a variable can be divided into two components. They are

Random assignment enhances the generalizability of a study.

You conduct a study to determine if employee attitudes differ as a function of gender (male vs.female)and company size (small vs.large).What statistical technique should you use to analyze these data?

As an I/O research psychologist you chose the subjects of your investigation through a nonsystematic method; you have used which of the following methods?

The major advantage of the experiment is the ability to

When a researcher is interested in measuring the consistency of measurement across repeated observations of a variable on the same subject s/he is said to be measuring the ____________ of the measurements.

If pay and performance were graphed,and employees who have low pay have high performance and employees who have high pay have low performance,this would represent a

The most critical aspects of a research study are

When two or more variables are intertwined in such a way that conclusions cannot be drawn about either one a researcher would say that _________ has occurred.

Your boss tells a friend that he is sure all of his employees love their jobs because every time he sees them they are smiling and they always tell him how much they like their jobs.As an I/O psychologist you would say that your boss' measures of employee satisfaction have high