Chapter 12
| 1. The question "What products do you think the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) should regulate?" with response alternatives: prescription drugs, herbal medicine, cigarettes, vitamins,toothpaste, other (please specify), is an example of a(n): |
 
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| 2. Researchers gain information on by checking the agreement in the ratings made by the same observer at different times. |
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| 3. The general education committee at a regional university is concerned about scientific literacy in its students. They have developed a multi-disciplinary course which they hope will enhance students' knowledge about science. As part of the course, they have developed a new test of scientific literacy. They want to know whether their test is a good measure of scientific knowledge and so will measure __________. |
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| 4. Two student research assistants were randomly assigned to collecting data for either the treatment or control condition. This technique is an attempt to __________. |
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| 5. The question below is an example of what kind of general question format? Check the reasons you would use in selecting a course. _____ required for major _____ recommended by friends _____ recommended by advisor _____ fits in your schedule _____ teacher is an easy grader _____ sounded interesting _____ other (please specify) |
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| 6. Probability sampling is to ___________ as convenience sampling is to __________. |
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| 7. Experimenter expectancies are a kind of __________. |
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| 8. A(n) __________ question format requires subjects to order a set of alternatives according to their preferences. |
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| 9. The __________ of a measure is the degree to which repeated measurements of the same subjects under the same conditions yield consistent results. |
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| 10. In creating your own questionnaire, your first decision is __________. |
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| 11. Studies on __________ validity investigate whether or not test scores are useful in predicting future behavior or diagnosing a present condition. |
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| 12. The __________ question format is used to ensure confidentiality of subjects' answers to sensitive questions. |
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