Assignment: Experimental results

Assignment: Experimental results

Assignment: Experimental results

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Assignment: Discuss variable that inadvertently causes an experimental result is

a. confounded with the dependent variable.

b. confounded with the independent variable.

c. confounded with the control variables.

d. unlikely to be important in experiments.

11. Construct validity permits one to do which of the following?

a. Generalize

b. Attribute causality

c. Have confidence in constructs

d. Support hypothesis

12. Which of the following is a source of construct invalidity?

a. Bias

b. Random error

c. Carry-over effects

d. Counterbalancing

13. If a study has external validity, one is entitled to

a. generalize.

b. attribute causality.

c. have confidence in constructs.

d. support hypotheses.

14. Internal validity allows one to do which of the following?

a. Generalize

b. Attribute causality

c. Have confidence in constructs

d. Support hypotheses

15. Which of the following is the most likely to have the greatest internal validity?

a. Surveys

b. Case studies

c. Relational research

d. Experiments

16. Test reliability determined by a correlation between scores from the same test taken at two different times is called

a. test-retest reliability.

b. parallel forms reliability.

c. split-half reliability.

d. predictive reliability.

17. Statistical reliability determines whether results

a. will occur five percent of the time.

b. occur because of chance.

c. are internally valid.

d. are produced by bias.

18. Which of the following is a major threat to internal validity?

a. Confounding

b. Deviant-case analysis

c. Truncated range

d. Dependent variables

19. A type of validity that is specifically concerned with being able to make causal statements about relationships between variables is _______________ validity.

a. External

b. Internal

c. Construct

d. Predictive

20. A replication of research helps to determine ______________ validity.

a. Construct

b. External

c. Internal

d. Predictive