Research methods Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Complete Solutions Manual for Research Methodology, Techniques and Trends, 1st Edition by Umesh Kumar B Dubey, D P Kothari ; ISBN13: 9781138053984. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 18)....1. Introduction to Research. 2. Research Process. 3. Research Design. 4. Measurement Concepts in Research. 5. Measurement of Attitude. 6. Sampling Design. 7. Secondary Data. 8. Survey Research. 9. Questionnaire. 10. Qualitative Research. 11. Experimentation. 12. Data Preparation and Preliminary Analysis. 13...

Complete Test Bank for Research Methods in Psychology, Evaluating a World of Information, 4th Edition by Beth Morling ; ISBN13: 9780393893724. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 14)....CHAPTER 1 Psychology Is a Way of Thinking, CHAPTER 2 Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Find It, CHAPTER 3 Three Claims, Four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research, CHAPTER 4 Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research, CHAPTER 5 Identifying Good Measurement, CHAPTER 6 Sur...

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Availability heuristic - correct answer-tendency to judge the likelihood of events by availability in memory ; if instances come readily to mind, we presume such events are common Which of the following causes more deaths in the United States? Stomach cancer Motor vehicle accidents (Stomach cancer is far more common cause of death Confirmation bias - correct answer-the tendency to seek information that supports our schemas , A tendency to search for information that confirms one...

A between-subjects design - correct answer-must deal with the problem of equivalent groups A within subjects design - correct answer-is also known as a repeated-measures design **A between subjects design - correct answer-**includes at least two different groups **A within subjects design - correct answer-**must deal with the problem of order effects ***In between subject designs - correct answer-***blocked random assignment can be used as a way for forming equivalent groups All o...

Common "Sense" / anecdotal - correct answer-- Much of what we (think we) know about the world is observational and experiential - This knowledge helps us navigate our lives day to day •That guy is a jerk, so I stay away from him •That store has good prices, so I shop there heuristic devices - correct answer-We use our experiences to build up a set of heuristic devices. These are mental shortcuts, convenient ways of organizing the world •Our brains can only process so much incoming...

The relationship between number of hours a student studies research methods materials and their grade on the research methods final exam would be best described by which of the following: No correlation Positive correlation Irrelevant Negative correlation - correct answer-positive correlation A researcher calculates the correlation between number of quiz attempts taken and the number of points earned on the quiz. The researcher finds an r value of 0.87, which is considered a strong negati...

One way to generalize the results in a study to other persons, places, and times is to develop an idea of the degree to which the other contexts are similar to the study context. What is the phrase that describes this theoretical similarity framework? a. The sampling model b. Similarity matrix c. Gradient of similarity d. Threats to similarity - correct answer-c. What is the sampling term used to describe the population that a researcher has access to-the population from which he or she w...