Select Questions

Chapter 10

1. Which of the following methods of collecting data in a survey usually yields the lowest response rate(s)?
        
2. Mail surveys are associated with __________ while face-to-face surveys are associated with __________.
        
3. __________ is a strategy to reduce reactivity while __________ is a strategy to reduce observer bias.
        
4. A school psychologist records the out-of-seat behavior of a group of hyperactive children for one week. The following week she administers verbal praise. She continues to alternate tokens and verbal praise for 3 additional weeks while continuously recording their out-of-seat behavior. This is a(n) __________.
        
5. The accuracy of estimating population values from a sample is a function of all of the following EXCEPT:
        
6. As compared to indirect measures of behavior, direct observations have __________.
        
7. Samuel Stouffer discovered that the greatest source of error or bias in the scientific use of surveys is:1 Based on his study of how Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and how Darwin developed the theory of evolution, Robert Weisberg concluded that:
        
8. The Notel researchers evaluated the rival hypothesis that observed increases in children's aggression after the introduction of television were due to maturation by:
        
9. The OXO design applied to group data is called the:
        
10. The student teacher waited a week after being introduced to her subjects before conducting her observation in order to __________.
        
11. The __________ design is to quasi-experimental designs as the multiple baseline design is to single-case designs.
        
12. The comparison group in a nonequivalent control group design is called nonequivalent because __________.