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Quiz: Process, Methods, and Inferential
Statistics
Due
Feb 11 at 11:59pm
Points
75
Questions
25
Time Limit
75 Minutes
This quiz is no longer available as the course has been concluded.
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Attempt 1
4 minutes
75 out of 75
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Score for this quiz: 75
out of 75
Submitted Jan 23 at 1:22pm
This attempt took 4 minutes.
3 / 3 pts
Question 1
In context of the issue of conLdentiality, if someone
other than the experimenter will have access to data,
this should be explained to the participants along
with plans for maintaining conLdentiality
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 2
Nominal data involved the use of variables that have
been rank ordered.
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 3
Counselors have a responsibility to conduct research
that contributes to welfare for their clients. This
statement corresponds to the ethical principle of
_____.
a. nonmaleLcence
b. Ldelity
c. beneLcience
d. justice
3 / 3 pts
Question 4
When reporting results, it is a researcher’s
responsibility to:
a.
present just the facts and leave the
interpretation to the stakeholders to reduce
bias.
b. privately acknowledge contributions of all
people involved in a study
c. report Lndings and present them in a way
that is clear and understandable to readers.
d. Llter out research results that do not
support a particular theory
3 / 3 pts
Question 5
Which of the following courses of action is
recommended in order to assess and weigh the
risk/beneLt ratio of a study?
a. Selecting only those participants who
have certain characteristics that make them
more resistant to the risks involved in the
study
b. Being self-assured and impervious to the
views of colleagues that may introduce
biases
c. Always giving more weightage to societal
beneLts than individual costs while
designing a research experiment
d.
Taking the worldview and the cultural
background of the researcher into
consideration while assessing risks involved
in the study
3 / 3 pts
Question 6
Ordinal data is distinguished by having the
characteristics of both identity and magnitude
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 7
The discussion section in a research report includes
a summary of the Lndings of the study in the context
of prior research and theory, an overview of study
limitations, future directions, and implications.
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 8
According to the hourglass format of writing a
research report, the _____ section is depicted at the
bottom of the hourglass.
a. introduction
b. method
c. results
d. discussion
3 / 3 pts
Question 9
Which of the following components of a research
paper includes an overview of the study's
limitations?
a. Abstract
b. Discussion
c. Introduction
d. Results 3 / 3 pts
Question 10
The method section in a research report should
ideally include a:
a. summary of the Lndings in the context of
prior research and theory.
b. description of the hypotheses, results,
and conclusions
c. description of the theoretical or
conceptual rationale to clarify the purpose
of the research report
d. summary of the participants, materials,
procedures, and design used to conduct the
study.
3 / 3 pts
Question 11
A great deal of research in counseling involves
extending the results of previous research
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 12
Identify a main component in the process of
selecting a research topic and developing a research
idea into a testable hypothesis.
a. Developing an original research method
b. Identifying research variables
c. Working as an apprentice for an
experienced researcher
d. Creating a new assessment instrument
3 / 3 pts
Question 13
Which of the following is considered riskier for
inexperienced counselors and researchers?
a. Beginning research training by working
closely within their advisor's research
interests
b. Using their own observations about a
topic as a source of ideas for research
topics
c. Spending precious time reading literature
review articles and handbooks
d. Attending more closely to the constructs
that have been used in the previous
research
3 / 3 pts
Question 14
Which of the following is a reason to pay particular
attention to the discussion section of articles
when specifying research questions and
hypotheses?
a. The summary statement is the easiest
way to understand complex data
b. There may be explicit discussion of future
research needs.
c. This section holds the references the
author used
d. This section strives to clarify unanswered
research questions.
3 / 3 pts
Question 15
_____ explore the degree to which two or more
research constructs are related or vary together.
a. Quasi-experiments
b. Demand characteristics
c. Reliability estimates
d. Relationship questions
3 / 3 pts
Question 16
An experimental laboratory study relies upon the
researcher setting up a situation to resemble one
that is naturally occurring rather than observing
participants in real-life settings.
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 17
Which of the following is a characteristic of
descriptive laboratory studies?
a. High internal validity and high external
validity
b. Low internal validity and low external
validity
c. Low internal validity and high external
validity
d. High internal validity and low external
validity
3 / 3 pts
Question 18
Gelso's bubble hypothesis states that:
a. qualitative research design is a priori
“better” than others.
b. research results are often skewed at the
extreme ends of the bell curve.
c. all research designs will have some
limitations.
d. if multiple research designs are used in a
study, then there will be similar eaws in each
design.
3 / 3 pts
Question 19
In statistical tests, an alternative hypothesis states
that there is no relationship between the variables in
the study.
True False 3 / 3 pts
Question 20
In a true experimental design:
a. every threat to the validity of the
conclusions reached is eliminated.
b. treatments to different samples are
implemented with signiLcant variations
c. the validity of a conclusion is conLrmed if
a threat is plausible.
d. an independent variable is manipulated
by the researcher to assess the effect of the
manipulation on a dependent variable
3 / 3 pts
Question 21
The construct validity of a study is concerned with:
a. how relevant the constructs of a study are
to the general public
b. t
he generalizability of the results of an
experiment.
c. how well the variables chosen represent
and capture the essence of a hypothetical
construct.
d. a statistically signiLcant result containing
a sampling error is accepted.
Submission Details:
Time:
4 minutes
Current Score:
75 out of 75
Kept Score:
75 out of 75
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