Exam 6: Developing Your Research Protocol

Researchers often select one type of measurement scale (e.g., ratio vs. ordinal) over another. Which of the following is generally not a reason that influences this decision?

Which of the following is a reason why researchers might differ on whether or not they think it is important to formulate and stick with an analysis plan?

When is a prospective power analysis conducted?

Choosing your measures is often the most difficult task in designing a research protocol because you always need to make up your measures from scratch.

Statistical power allows researchers to detect true effects if they exist.

Data measured on an ordinal scale have equal intervals between their ranks.

Many psychology departments in the United States have subject pools. Undergraduate students enrolled in introduction to psychology are often awarded extra credit or sometimes even required to complete research studies in order to earn points towards their class. The issue with relying on WEIRD samples through a subject pool in psychological research is most likely a result of what kind of sampling?

Snowball sampling is more likely to lead to a representative sample than stratified random sampling.

Which of the following type of sampling is most likely not captured by using Mturk participants in online sampling?

Which of the following is not part of formulating a protocol and plan for your research?

Which of the following describes stratified random sampling?

Distinguish between the four types of measurement scales and provide an example of each.

Outline three different types of constraints on your research design and provide an example for each.

Jason is conducting research on a population with extreme income and education discrepancies. He hopes to achieve a random, but generalizable sample so that he is able to make inferences about the entire SES spectrum. Which of the following is the best option?

Which of the following is not a valid criticism of the use of WEIRD participants?

Your population generally does not influence the type of scale you use.

Research on statistical power in existing research studies has demonstrated that…

To use random sampling correctly, the researcher needs access to the entire population of interest.

A reliable scale should yield different results if tested multiple times on the same person.

Which of the following is not true about p-hacking?