Exam 2: Research Methods: Tools for Discovery

Investigators record participants' behavior only when a behavior of particular interest occurs in:

Research involving statistical analysis of numerical data is:

A form of research in which investigators study an individual person or group intensely is:

Which of the following is not an advantage of a sequential design:

The factor that researchers expect to change as a function of change in the independent variable is the:

Turning a theory into hypotheses involves:

Research using nonstatistical analysis of materials gathered from a relatively small number of participants to gain an in-depth understanding of behavior and contexts:

A researcher who wants to maximize control over the independent variable and maximize ecological validity on the dependent variable can collect the independent variable in the ____ and the dependent variable in the ____:

Ethnographic work often involves the use of participant observations

The process of defining a concept so that it is observable and measurable is:

The problem of observer bias cannot be reduced by carefully training observers

Observer bias is most frequently a problem with:

Which of the following is not a construct:

Researchers observing relatively rare events would probably use event sampling over time sampling

The assessment of hormone levels in the body is an example of a:

The most common way to investigate age-related differences is to use a cross-sectional design

There is usually only one good way to measure a given construct

A type of experiment in which researchers try to duplicate in the laboratory features or events that occur naturally in everyday life in order to increase the ecological validity of their results is:

Which of the following is true regarding hormones:

A study in which investigators follow the same people over a period of time (often years), observing them repeatedly is: