Exam 2: Research Methods

While at the mall, Casie was stopped by a man with a clipboard. The man asked her opinions about the stores at the mall. Casie remarked that the man was conducting a(n)

All of the following are limitations to the survey method and may influence responses, except

Research by Masuda et al. (2008) measuring eye gaze found

Use of already-recorded behaviour is referred to as

Research Ethics Boards do not allow any deception to participants in research experiments.

A researcher asks adolescents to record their mood whenever the researcher signals them via their cell phone. This is an example of the use of

Which is the best way to maintain participant confidentiality?

If you want to determine whether people are more willing to help men or women, the variable "helping" requires a(n)

All of the following are methods of collecting data, except

A researcher described aggressiveness as verbal or physical actions directed at another child on the playground. This is an example of

Researchers who count the number of times a child pushes, hits, or kicks other children on a playground is most likely using which specific research method?

After an experiment is completed, a disclosure is made to the participants that does all of the following, except

In observational research, the extent to which two or more coders agree on ratings of a particular measure is referred to as

A professor conducts an experiment using lectures in the first half of the semester and active learning in the second half of the semester. Because he prefers active learning, a threat to his experiment would be

If a researcher wants to avoid dishonesty in their research participants, what might the researcher use?

When asked, people were more likely to agree to add a constitutional amendment than to change the constitution. This demonstrates the problems encountered in

All proposed studies must go in front of a(n) __________________ before data collection begins.

The process used by the experimenter to ensure that every person has an equal chance of being in either condition is known as _______ _______.

A(n) _________________ is a specific procedure of how you will test a hypothesis.

In the research process, a literature review would most likely investigate all of the following except