Question 1

If you were to select a sample of college students at your university by surveying the students enrolled in your classes this semester, you would have a:

Accepted Answer

A)  random sample 
B)  non-random sample 
A)  random sample 
B)  non-random sample B

Question 2

'Finding Nemo' (an animated children's film) and a Harry Potter movie are both showing at the same time at the local theatre. You decide to conduct a study in which you measure children's levels of empathy as they leave the theatre. Which of the following best describes this research?

Accepted Answer

A)  naturalistic observation 
B)  quasi-experimental research 
C)  experimental research 
A)  naturalistic observation 
B)  quasi-experimental research 
C)  experimental research B

Question 3

Drawing a sample of neighborhoods in a city, and selecting from this group a sample of city blocks, and then selecting every 5th house on a block, is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Convenience sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Simple random sample 
D)  Cluster sample 
E)  Systematic sample 
A)  Convenience sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Simple random sample 
D)  Cluster sample 
E)  Systematic sample D

Question 4

You are interested in what predicts whether adolescents will engage in illegal drug use. You select a sample of 8th grade students and follow these same students through high school, collecting data each year. This is an example of a/n:

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-sectional design 
B)  longitudinal design 
C)  one-shot design 
D)  repeated independent-samples design 
E)  naturalistic design 
A)  cross-sectional design 
B)  longitudinal design 
C)  one-shot design 
D)  repeated independent-samples design 
E)  naturalistic design

Question 5

In your study of college students' exam-related stress you select a random sample of 400 students at your college to participate, but only 180 students respond to your internet survey. If these respondents seem motivated to respond to your survey because they experience high stress and this is a topic that is important to them, you have a problem with:

Accepted Answer

A)  statistical weighting 
B)  response bias 
C)  margin of error 
D)  cohort effects 
E)  attrition 
A)  statistical weighting 
B)  response bias 
C)  margin of error 
D)  cohort effects 
E)  attrition

Question 6

In a study assessing the effects of violent films on children's empathy, the independent variable is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Level of film violence 
B)  Level of empathy following the film 
A)  Level of film violence 
B)  Level of empathy following the film

Question 7

Stopping people to answer your questionnaire as they pass you in a mall is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Convenience sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Simple random sample 
D)  Cluster sample 
E)  Systematic sample 
A)  Convenience sample 
B)  Snowball sample 
C)  Simple random sample 
D)  Cluster sample 
E)  Systematic sample

If you were to select a sample of college students at your university by surveying the students enrolled in your classes this semester, you would have a:

'Finding Nemo' (an animated children's film) and a Harry Potter movie are both showing at the same time at the local theatre. You decide to conduct a study in which you measure children's levels of empathy as they leave the theatre. Which of the following best describes this research?

Drawing a sample of neighborhoods in a city, and selecting from this group a sample of city blocks, and then selecting every 5^th house on a block, is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

You are interested in what predicts whether adolescents will engage in illegal drug use. You select a sample of 8^th grade students and follow these same students through high school, collecting data each year. This is an example of a/n:

In a study assessing the effects of violent films on children's empathy, the independent variable is:

Stopping people to answer your questionnaire as they pass you in a mall is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

Understanding Research

Quantitative Research: Measurement and Data Collection

Quantitative Research: Descriptive and Correlational Designs

Quantitative Research: Basic Experimental Designs

Quantitative Research: Advanced Experimental Designs

What Is Qualitative Research

Planning Your Qualitative Study: Design, Sampling, and Data Analysis

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography, Phenomenology, Case Study, Textual Analysis, and Applied Research

Qualitative Research Tools: Interviewing, Focus Groups, and Observation

Presenting Your Research Findings

Filters

Exam 2: The Who, How, and Why of Research

If you were to select a sample of college students at your university by surveying the students enrolled in your classes this semester, you would have a:

'Finding Nemo' (an animated children's film) and a Harry Potter movie are both showing at the same time at the local theatre. You decide to conduct a study in which you measure children's levels of empathy as they leave the theatre. Which of the following best describes this research?

Drawing a sample of neighborhoods in a city, and selecting from this group a sample of city blocks, and then selecting every 5th house on a block, is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

You are interested in what predicts whether adolescents will engage in illegal drug use. You select a sample of 8th grade students and follow these same students through high school, collecting data each year. This is an example of a/n:

In a study assessing the effects of violent films on children's empathy, the independent variable is:

Stopping people to answer your questionnaire as they pass you in a mall is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

Understanding Research

Quantitative Research: Measurement and Data Collection

Quantitative Research: Descriptive and Correlational Designs

Quantitative Research: Basic Experimental Designs

Quantitative Research: Advanced Experimental Designs

What Is Qualitative Research

Planning Your Qualitative Study: Design, Sampling, and Data Analysis

Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography, Phenomenology, Case Study, Textual Analysis, and Applied Research

Qualitative Research Tools: Interviewing, Focus Groups, and Observation

Presenting Your Research Findings

Filters

Drawing a sample of neighborhoods in a city, and selecting from this group a sample of city blocks, and then selecting every 5^th house on a block, is an example of what type of sampling strategy?

You are interested in what predicts whether adolescents will engage in illegal drug use. You select a sample of 8^th grade students and follow these same students through high school, collecting data each year. This is an example of a/n: