Question 1

Sampling participants on the basis of their ready availability and how easily they can be studied is called _______ sampling.

Accepted Answer

A)  probability 
B)  convenience 
C)  stratified 
D)  representative 
A)  probability 
B)  convenience 
C)  stratified 
D)  representative B

Question 2

The sample mean is 6, the standard error is 1. We can be 95% confident that the population mean is between

Accepted Answer

A)  5 and 7 
B)  4 and 8 
C)  3 and 9 
D)  4 and 10 
A)  5 and 7 
B)  4 and 8 
C)  3 and 9 
D)  4 and 10 B

Question 3

Telephone surveys offer greater anonymity than personal interviews.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following is not a nominal question?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Are you employed?" 
B)  "What is your race?" 
C)  " Rate how favorably you feel toward animal research on a five-point scale?" 
D)  "Are you for or against animal research? (circle either "for" or "against")" 
A)  "Are you employed?" 
B)  "What is your race?" 
C)  " Rate how favorably you feel toward animal research on a five-point scale?" 
D)  "Are you for or against animal research? (circle either "for" or "against")"

Question 5

Which of the following is not true of a nominal/dichotomous question?

Accepted Answer

A)  they are easy for participants to answer 
B)  they are easy for researchers to score 
C)  they help the study's statistical power 
D)  they provide qualitative data 
A)  they are easy for participants to answer 
B)  they are easy for researchers to score 
C)  they help the study's statistical power 
D)  they provide qualitative data

Question 6

According to the text, what is a general rule for deciding how many personal questions you should ask in a survey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ask only for age, gender, and education level. 
B)  Get as much of this kind of information as the respondent is willing to give. This information is interesting and giving it to you makes the respondent more
 committed to you, thus increasing the chances of the respondent participating
 in future surveys. 
C)  Ask only those personal questions which you know are directly relevant to the purpose of the survey. 
D)  Asking personal questions is unprofessional. 
A)  Ask only for age, gender, and education level. 
B)  Get as much of this kind of information as the respondent is willing to give. This information is interesting and giving it to you makes the respondent more
 committed to you, thus increasing the chances of the respondent participating
 in future surveys. 
C)  Ask only those personal questions which you know are directly relevant to the purpose of the survey. 
D)  Asking personal questions is unprofessional.

Question 7

Which of the following should NOT be a goal of survey research?

Accepted Answer

A)  description 
B)  explanation 
C)  prediction 
D)  a and b 
A)  description 
B)  explanation 
C)  prediction 
D)  a and b

Question 8

Which of the following will probably NOT lead to invalid answers to your questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  asking extremely personal questions 
B)  allowing participants to say that they don't know the answer 
C)  asking participants why they behaved a certain way 
D)  asking for retrospective self-reports 
A)  asking extremely personal questions 
B)  allowing participants to say that they don't know the answer 
C)  asking participants why they behaved a certain way 
D)  asking for retrospective self-reports

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a fixed alternative question?

Accepted Answer

A)  a true/false question 
B)  a multiple-choice question 
C)  a rating scale question 
D)  an essay question 
A)  a true/false question 
B)  a multiple-choice question 
C)  a rating scale question 
D)  an essay question

Question 10

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Have you cheated on your taxes?" 
B)  "Did you enjoy participating in my study?" 
C)  "What would you do if someone tried to mug you?" 
D)  None of the above 
A)  "Have you cheated on your taxes?" 
B)  "Did you enjoy participating in my study?" 
C)  "What would you do if someone tried to mug you?" 
D)  None of the above

Question 11

It is often impractical to study an entire ________. Therefore, we usually study a ________ instead.

Accepted Answer

A)  sample; population 
B)  population; statistic 
C)  sample; statistic 
D)  population; sample 
A)  sample; population 
B)  population; statistic 
C)  sample; statistic 
D)  population; sample

Question 12

"Insuring that each member of the population has an equal probability of appearing in the sample"is the definition of ________ sampling.

Accepted Answer

A)  quota 
B)  convenience 
C)  random 
D)  representative 
A)  quota 
B)  convenience 
C)  random 
D)  representative

Question 13

As compared to personal interviews, telephone interviews

Accepted Answer

A)  have higher response rates 
B)  are less vulnerable to demand characteristics, such as giving answers that please the interviewer 
C)  can better control interviewer bias 
D)  all of above 
A)  have higher response rates 
B)  are less vulnerable to demand characteristics, such as giving answers that please the interviewer 
C)  can better control interviewer bias 
D)  all of above

Question 14

If you specify that your sample of 100 people must contain 50 males and 50 females, and 60 adults and 40 minors, but you do not intend to use random selection to obtain these participants, you will be using _____ sampling.

Accepted Answer

A)  stratified 
B)  representative 
C)  convenience 
D)  quota 
A)  stratified 
B)  representative 
C)  convenience 
D)  quota

Question 15

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Why did you think of that?" 
B)  "How much did you study last week?" 
C)  "What is your current attitude toward China? 
D)  "How much did you give to charity last year?" 
A)  "Why did you think of that?" 
B)  "How much did you study last week?" 
C)  "What is your current attitude toward China? 
D)  "How much did you give to charity last year?"

Question 16

Psychologists select a random sample of research participants in order to ensure that

Accepted Answer

A)  the participants are representative of the population they are interested in studying 
B)  there will be a large number of participants in the research study 
C)  the research will not be influenced by the researcher's personal values 
D)  the same number of participants will be assigned to each of the experimental conditions 
A)  the participants are representative of the population they are interested in studying 
B)  there will be a large number of participants in the research study 
C)  the research will not be influenced by the researcher's personal values 
D)  the same number of participants will be assigned to each of the experimental conditions

Question 17

Investigator-administered questionnaires have a higher response rate than self-administered surveys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Nonresponse bias harms the survey's

Accepted Answer

A)  construct validity 
B)  external validity 
C)  internal validity 
D)  both b and c 
A)  construct validity 
B)  external validity 
C)  internal validity 
D)  both b and c

Question 19

Which is BAD advice in constructing a survey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pretest your questions. 
B)  Keep conjunctions like "and" and "but" out of your questions. 
C)  Keep most of your questions under 10 words. 
D)  Avoid overly simplistic, third-grade vocabulary. 
A)  Pretest your questions. 
B)  Keep conjunctions like "and" and "but" out of your questions. 
C)  Keep most of your questions under 10 words. 
D)  Avoid overly simplistic, third-grade vocabulary.

Question 20

If you conduct a mail survey, you can

Accepted Answer

A)  safely generalize your results to the population if you mailed the questionnaire to everyone in the population 
B)  safely generalize your results to the population if you mailed the questionnaire to a random sample of members of the population 
C)  probably can't generalize your results to the population because of nonresponse bias, no matter who you sent the questionnaire to 
D)  a and b 
A)  safely generalize your results to the population if you mailed the questionnaire to everyone in the population 
B)  safely generalize your results to the population if you mailed the questionnaire to a random sample of members of the population 
C)  probably can't generalize your results to the population because of nonresponse bias, no matter who you sent the questionnaire to 
D)  a and b

Sampling participants on the basis of their ready availability and how easily they can be studied is called _______ sampling.

The sample mean is 6, the standard error is 1. We can be 95% confident that the population mean is between

Telephone surveys offer greater anonymity than personal interviews.

Which of the following is not a nominal question?

Which of the following is not true of a nominal/dichotomous question?

According to the text, what is a general rule for deciding how many personal questions you should ask in a survey?

Which of the following should NOT be a goal of survey research?

Which of the following will probably NOT lead to invalid answers to your questions?

Which of the following is NOT a fixed alternative question?

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

It is often impractical to study an entire . Therefore, we usually study a instead.

"Insuring that each member of the population has an equal probability of appearing in the sample"is the definition of ________ sampling.

As compared to personal interviews, telephone interviews

If you specify that your sample of 100 people must contain 50 males and 50 females, and 60 adults and 40 minors, but you do not intend to use random selection to obtain these participants, you will be using _____ sampling.

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

Psychologists select a random sample of research participants in order to ensure that

Investigator-administered questionnaires have a higher response rate than self-administered surveys.

Nonresponse bias harms the survey's

Which is BAD advice in constructing a survey?

If you conduct a mail survey, you can

Psychology, Science, and You

Ethics and Validity

Generating Research Hypotheses

Reading and Evaluating Research

Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity

Choosing the Best Measure for Your Study

Introduction to Descriptive Methods

Internal Validity

The Simple Experiment

Expanding the Simple Experiment: The Multiple Group Experiment

Expanding the Simple Experiment: Factorial Designs

Within-Subjects Designs

Single-N Experiments and Quasi-Experiments

Writing Research Proposals and Reports

Appendix E: Using Theory to Generate Research Hypotheses

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Exam 8: Survey Research

Sampling participants on the basis of their ready availability and how easily they can be studied is called _______ sampling.

The sample mean is 6, the standard error is 1. We can be 95% confident that the population mean is between

Telephone surveys offer greater anonymity than personal interviews.

Which of the following is not a nominal question?

Which of the following is not true of a nominal/dichotomous question?

According to the text, what is a general rule for deciding how many personal questions you should ask in a survey?

Which of the following should NOT be a goal of survey research?

Which of the following will probably NOT lead to invalid answers to your questions?

Which of the following is NOT a fixed alternative question?

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

It is often impractical to study an entire ________. Therefore, we usually study a ________ instead.

"Insuring that each member of the population has an equal probability of appearing in the sample"is the definition of ________ sampling.

As compared to personal interviews, telephone interviews

If you specify that your sample of 100 people must contain 50 males and 50 females, and 60 adults and 40 minors, but you do not intend to use random selection to obtain these participants, you will be using _____ sampling.

From which of the following questions are you likely to get an accurate answer?

Psychologists select a random sample of research participants in order to ensure that

Investigator-administered questionnaires have a higher response rate than self-administered surveys.

Nonresponse bias harms the survey's

Which is BAD advice in constructing a survey?

If you conduct a mail survey, you can

Psychology, Science, and You

Ethics and Validity

Generating Research Hypotheses

Reading and Evaluating Research

Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity

Choosing the Best Measure for Your Study

Introduction to Descriptive Methods

Internal Validity

The Simple Experiment

Expanding the Simple Experiment: The Multiple Group Experiment

Expanding the Simple Experiment: Factorial Designs

Within-Subjects Designs

Single-N Experiments and Quasi-Experiments

Writing Research Proposals and Reports

Appendix E: Using Theory to Generate Research Hypotheses

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It is often impractical to study an entire . Therefore, we usually study a instead.