Exam 21: Statistical Tests and Concepts in Research Analysis

Explain when a researcher would use a repeated measures ANOVA.

In statistics, what is the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory and the simplest test to interpret data?

Data gathered in the past cannot be used to make predictions about the future.

Evaluate different methods researchers can utilize to evaluate Big Data.

Describe the relationship between Big Data and cloud computing.

Anna has collected data for her dissertation on the following variables: communication apprehension, ethnocentrism, humor assessment, and attitude about college. Anna is interested in determining the causal effects among the variables. Which test would be the most appropriate statistical test for Anna to conduct?

Darla wants to test for differences between two sets of variables on religious fundamentalism (an interval variable). Her first variable is biological sex (male and female), and her second variable is religious affiliation (Catholic, Protestant, not religious, and other). What would be the most appropriate statistical test to conduct?

Humans generate data all the time without thinking twice about it, such as when we "favorite" a friend's tweet on twitter.

Explain how to conduct a focus group.

Explain three methods for conducting qualitative research.

Which form of reactivism results in participants changing their behavior because they are being tested?

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Qualitative Research

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Prescriptive Analytics

Triangulation uses only qualitative methods.

When conducting qualitative research, the researcher should never be perceived as participating in the study by participants of the study.

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Univariate Test

When Darla runs a 2 x 4 factorial ANOVA, she wants to look for differences between each of the nominal independent variable's categories separately. What is Darla looking for?

_____ is best described as an interrogative sentence asked of subjects in a natural setting that is designed to permit spontaneous and unguided responses and that allows subjects to offer qualifiers or contingencies or introduce situational variables they see fit to provide when answering questions.

Reactivism involves several forms. Which form of reactivism is defined as the tendency of participants to choose to respond based on only one part of their personality?

Ethnography focuses on the researcher's perspective in a specific, natural setting.