Research methods quiz

The points available for each answer are at the end of each question. Bring you answers to the first class after the Christmas break. There will be a prize for the highest score.

1 What two things make something a true experiment? 2
2 What does IV mean (not just stand for)? 1
3 Ditto DV. 1
4 Name four types of confounding variable. 4
5 Now define them. 4
6 What are the advantages of laboratory experiments? 7
7 And what are the disadvantages? 6
8 How can we avoid participant effects? 1
9 And experimenter effects? 1
10 What’s the difference between field experiments and natural experiments? 2
11 What’s a correlational study? 1
12 What values can a correlation take? 2
13 What are the disadvantages of a correlational study? 2
14 What are the two types of observational study? 2
15 If there’s too much going on to record everything, what can the observer do? 2
16 What are the problems associated with observation? 4
17 How can you avoid them? 2
18 What’s the difference between nomothetic and idiographic research? 8
19 Name four types of interview. 4
20 Name two types of questionnaire study. 2
21 What’s ‘response set’ and how can you avoid it? 2
22 What types of data do positivist and phenomenological research produce? 2
23 What do deconstructionists and feminists think of positivists? 3
24 How do you operationalise a variable? 2
25 What’s the difference between H1 and H0? 1
26 Name the two types of H1. 2
27 What should a good sample be? 1
28 Describe five sampling techniques. 5
29 What are the advantages of the independent groups design? 2
30 How can you get round the disadvantages of the repeated measures design? 3
31 What two effects can a pilot study help avoid? 2
32 Describe three types of reliability. 3
33 Describe five types of validity. 5
34 Describe the four levels of measurement. 4
35 Describe when you would use each measure of central tendency. 3
36 Describe five measures of dispersion. 5
37 When would you use each of the different types of graph? 4
38 Write a fictional (and preferably humorous) account of a study which breaks as many of the BPS ethical guidelines as possible. 10