1. When experimental results are significant...
A. We retain the null hypothesis.
B. We reject the null hypothesis.
C. We reject the alternative hypothesis.
D. The results are impresive
2. Two events are said to be dependant when...
A. The probability of one event is not
influenced by the occurance of another
event.
B. You do not have knowledge about the
occurance of either event.
C. The probability of one event is
determined by the occurance of the other
event.
D. The probability of one event is influenced
by the occurance of the other event.
3. What is the consequence of violating one of
the necessary assumptions of a parametric
inferential statistics?
A. The actual probability of making a type I
error is substantially smaller than .
B. The Ho is never retained.
C. The actual probability of making a type I
error is substantially larger than .
D. The Ho is never rejected.
4. Given a normal sampling distribution of
means with a mean of 150, which of the
following is the mean for the corresponding
raw score population?
A. 150.
B. 50.
C. 100.
D. 75.
5. The two-way x2 is a test of...
A. Whether two variables are independent.
B. Difference between mean ranks in
categories.
C. Difference between mean ranks in more
than two categories.
D. Goodness of fit of observed frequencies
to population frequencies.
6. Which statement is most accurate?
A. Research methods evolve quickly with
rapidly changing questions.
B. Research methods evolve as questions are
answered and new questions are raised.
C. Research methods evolve quickly to
answer the same questions in mew way.
D. Research methods remain the same
although the questions change.
7. The purpose of using inferential statistics is
to...
A. Make deisions about the populations that
have a good chance of being correct.
B. Perform studies on an entire population.
C. Make statement with certainty about
characteristics of the population.
D. Infer exact values for a population.
8. The essence of science is...
A. Its way of thinking.
B. The use of sophisticated methodology.
C. Ethical behaviour on the part of
researchers.
D. Effort and hard work.
9. New research designs are often...
A. Created by psychologists who specialize I
new research design.
B. More time consuming and require more
participant.
C. Not as effective as old desings.
D. Shaped by new questions that stem from
the answers to other questions.
10. Conducting research in natural settings is
difficult and challenging but provides the
reward of...
A. Statistical validity.
B. Face validity.
C. Good generalization of results to real
word settings.
D. Internal validity.
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