Reference no: EM13342180
1. Which of the following would a researcher least likely do to find prior research on a specific topic?
A) Look in the published Psychological Abstracts
B) Conduct a computer search with PsycINFO
C) Consult Psychological Bulletin
D) Randomly select a psychological journal and search the table of contents for the topic
2. Ice cream sales increase when daily temperatures rise. This is an example of a ____ relationship.
A) positive linear
B) negative linear
C) curvilinear
D) zero
3. Professor Brown found the more alone a person feels, the more time they spend watching television. This finding would be an example of a ______ relationship?
A) nonmonotonic
B) monotonic
C) media
D) curvilinear
4. A researcher investigated the relationship between test length and grades in a Western Civilization course. After randomly assigning students to groups, she found that students who took longer exams received better grades than students who took shorter exams. The independent variable was
A) test grades.
B) gender of the students.
C) class size.
D) length of test.
5. An ex post facto design is used in place of a true experimental design when
A) manipulating variables is not practical or ethical.
B) groups are formed on the basis of some actual difference.
C) researchers study groups as they occur naturally.
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