MCQS

1)

Is one in which study participants are randomly assigned to experimental and control groups.

10 Points

RANDOMIZED TWO- GROUPS DESING

ATTRITION

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

RANDOM NUMBERS TABLE

2)

Is the loss of participants during the course of the study:

10 Points

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

RANDOMIZATION

RANDOM NUMBER TABLE

ATTRITION

3)

is nothing more than a random list of numbers displayed or printed in a series of columns and rows. Using a random numbers table is one effective way to randomly assign participants to groups within a research study

10 Points

RANDOMIZED TWO- GROUP DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

RANDOM NUMBERS TABLE

4)

Is the process of examining the overall effectiveness of random assignment. The goal of this process is to determine whether random assignment resulted in nonequivalent groups. In performing this, researchers compare study groups or conditions on a number of pretest variables.

10 Points

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

ANALYZING DATA

RANDOMIZATION CHECKS

COLLECTING DATA

5)

Is a method of examining the overall impact of research

attrition on the makeup of a study sample and the validity of a study's

findings. The goal of this procedure is to identify any differences between those participants who complete the study and those who do not complete the study.

10 Points

ATTRITION ANALYSIS

DISMANTLING STUDIES

SOLOMON FOUR- GROUPS DESIGN

FACTORIAL DESIGN

6)

Involve an in-depth examination of a single person or a few

people. The goal of it is to provide an accurate and complete

description of the case. The principal benefit of these is that they can expand our knowledge about the variations in human behavior

10 Points

SURVEY STUDIES

NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION

ELIMINATING EXPERIMENTER BIAS

CASE STUDIES

7)

This asks large numbers of people questions about their behaviors,

attitudes, and opinions. Some of them merely describe what people say they think and do. Other attempts to find relationships between the characteristics of the respondents and their reported behaviors and opinions.

10 Points

CASE STUDIES

ELIMINATING EXPERIMENTER BIAS

NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION

SURVEY STUDIES

8)

Include in-depth interviews with participants and collaterals (e.g., friends, family members, colleagues), review of medical records, observation, and excerpts from participants' personal writings and diaries.

10 Points

CASE STUDIES

NON EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS

QUALITATIVE DESIGNS

SINGLE- SUBJECT MULTIPLE BASELINE DESIGNS

9)

A measurement can be valid, but not reliable

10 Points

True

False