Exam 4: Nonexperimental Research Methods

Open-ended questions do not have a predetermined response set.

In the summer of 1960, Jane Goodall went to East Africa to live among the chimpanzee population.What type of research was Goodall conducting?

Clive Wearing was discussed in the chapter as an example of naturalistic observation.

Gazdzinski and colleagues found that as weight increased for individuals, neuronal health decreased.These results indicate what type of correlation?

Research has found that as ice cream sales increase, so too do murder rates.What most likely explains these findings?

What is the first step to survey construction?

with a conversation on how websites such as ratemyprofessors.com can be used for research purposes.If a researcher used the existing data available from this website, what type of research design would it be?

Researchers studied Clive Wearing to better understand which of the following phenomena?

Surveys gather information on people's attitudes, opinions, and behaviors.

Close-ended questions are typically easier to score.

An) __________ is an in-depth observation of an individual, animal, event, or treatment method.

Survey research allows to you to investigate __________.

A positive correlation illustrates when two variables vary in different directions.

Why might a researcher select to use a naturalistic observation?

Think about survey construction.Of the following terms, which term below fits least well?

Which of the following is not a disadvantage to using a case study?

Take a look at the survey question below: I find the professor to be prepared for class and prompt at returning work. $Not ~at ~all \quad1\quad2\quad3\quad4\quad5\quad6\quad7\quadVery ~much$ Which suggestion of survey construction does the question violate?

The first step to survey construction is to think about the purpose of the survey.

The following is a negative correlation: as the weight of a child increases, the risk of tooth decay decreases.

This chapter discusses research by the National Sleep Foundation finding that 36% of respondents reported falling asleep while driving.These results were obtained from what type of research?