PSY 340 Week 2 Quiz

Week 2 Quiz

 PSY 340 Week 2 Quiz | Wilmington University

Question 1

Which of the following statements would be appropriate for the discussion section of a research report?  

·         The participants read an account of an alcohol-related crash in which a victim received mild or severe injuries.  

·         The participants were asked if they mostly drink coffee and drive or if they drink alcohol and drive.  

·         The present findings suggest that evaluation of the seriousness of an alcohol-related crash may be influenced by the severity of the injuries received by the victim.  

·         The average age of participants in the research was 18.7 years.

 

 Question 2

In which section of a research article would a researcher present the findings using statistical language?  

·         the references section 

·         the bibliography 

·         the results section 

·         the method section

 

 Question 3

Kathy is writing a section of a research report in which she explains the possible reasons for results in her study and suggestions for practical applications of the research and future research ideas. Kathy is most likely writing the ___ section. 

·         discussion  

·         introduction  

·         method  

·         results

 

 Question 4

What is the term that describes all of the individuals of interest to the researcher?

 

Question 5

Which of the following is a probability sampling technique?   

·         Simple random sampling 

·         Quota sampling  

·         Haphazard sampling  

·         Purposive sampling

 

 Question 6

Keziah stands outside a grocery store on the west side of the town and surveys exiting shoppers about their preference in frozen desserts. What type of sampling technique does Keziah's survey represent?   

·         Cluster sampling  

·         Stratified random sampling  

·         Simple random sampling  

·         Nonprobability sampling

 

 

Question 7

Jake wants to know how many students in his college are interested in playing football. He stands near the college cafeteria and asks students passing by about their views and interests of the game. This is an example of  

·         stratified random sampling.   

·         convenience sampling.  

·         cluster sampling.  

·         quota sampling.

 

 Question 8

The head of the psychology department in a university is interested in finding the attitudes of her students toward implementing an internship as a requirement for completion of the degree. She obtains a list of all students who are psychology majors, randomly selects 100 students from the list, and surveys those who are selected. What type of sampling technique has she employed?  

·         Cluster sampling 

·         Simple random sampling

·         Haphazard sampling  

·         Stratified random sampling

 

 Question 9

Which of the following is an advantage of convenience samples?  

·         They help in generalizing the research data to the entire U.S. population.  

·         They make it cheaper for the researcher to obtain research participants.  

·         They provide an accurate representation of the entire population.  

·         They are very effective in eliminating sample bias.

 

 Question 10

With ___ sampling technique, each member of the population has an equal probability of being selected for the sample. 

·         simple random  

·         stratified random  

·         haphazard  

·         cluster