In an experimental research study, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by the: A. dependent variable. B. extraneous variable. C. confounding variable. D. independent variable. ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: D
Date: October 9th, 2020
___________ is used to describe cultural characteristics of a group of people. A. Phenomenology B. Ethnography C. Grounded theory D. Field work ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: B
Date: October 9th, 2020
How many dependent variables are used in simple linear regression? A. one B. two C. two or more D. three ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: A
Date: October 9th, 2020
Ethnography has its disciplinary origin in: A. philosophy. B. sociology. C. anthropology. D. women’s studies. ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: C
Date: October 9th, 2020
Which of the following is not a word used to describe a category (or type) of nonexperimental research? A. survey research B. correlational study C. intervention study D. retrospective study ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: C
Date: October 9th, 2020
The group that receives the experimental treatment condition is called the: A. experimental group. B. control group. C. participant group. D. independent group. ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: A
Date: October 9th, 2020
There are several ways in which confounding extraneous variables can be controlled. Which control technique is considered the best? A. matching B. random assignment C. counterbalancing D. selection ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: B
Date: October 9th, 2020
Investigators interested in the effects of nutrition on wound healing randomly assigned patients recovering from burn injuries to two groups. One group received protein supplements and the second group did not. The random assignment was used to: A. eliminate the systematic influence of any other variable. B. provide a control for earlier nutritional status. C. […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
Which of the following could be used for randomly assigning subject’s to groups in an experimental study? A. split halves B. even versus odd numbers C. use of table of random numbers D. Researcher decides which group will be best. ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: C
Date: October 9th, 2020
True experiments are designed primarily to: A. identify relationships among intervening, independent, and dependent variables. B. discover new variables related to the research question. C. identify individual differences. D. determine causal connections. ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: D
Date: October 9th, 2020
