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Research Methods Quiz 9.30

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Question 1
1.

What's a weakness of case studies?

Question 2
2.

Descriptive research is used to?

Question 3
3.

Who is behind the falsification principle?

Question 4
4.

What is the aim or focus to investigate when starting an experiment?

Question 5
5.

What is the first step in writing a hypothesis?

Question 6
6.

What option best describes the defintion of a theory?

Question 7
7.

What option best describes the purpose of a theory?

Question 8
8.

What is a benefit of operationalizing variables?

Question 9
9.

What are the two types of alternative hypotheses?

Question 10
10.

What does hindsight bias mean?

Question 11
11.

What are the three types of research?

Question 12
12.

What does "soma" mean?

Question 13
13.

What is a synaptic gap or cleft?

Question 14
14.

What are the four neurotransmitters that EDSO stands for?

Question 15
15.

Why is an operational definition necessary when reportinng research findings?

Question 16
16.

A researcher looking for gender differences in 3-year-olds observes a preschool class and records how many minutes children of each gender play with dolls. She then compares the two sets of numbers. What type of descriptive research is she conducting?

Question 17
17.

Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

Question 18
18.

A testable prediction that drives research is known as a

Question 19
19.

A teacher wnats to know if nightmares are more common than dreams.He asks volunteers from his second period class to report how many dreams they had last week. He asks volunteers from his third period class to report the number of nightmares they had last week. Describe TWO things wrong with the design of this study?

Question 20
20.

Which of the following is an example of hindsight bias?