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Research Design 13
Research Design in Psychology Chapter 13
Question | Answer |
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When researchers apply behavioral observation techniques to historical records in order to measure behaviors that occurred in the past, the measurement process is called | D. archival research. |
The idiographic approach to research involves | C. the intensive study of one individual. |
The case study design can be useful for studying unusual clinical cases such as rare psychiatric disorders. | A. True |
The goal of the descriptive research strategy is to describe the relationships that exist between variables. | B. False |
One disadvantage of open-ended questions is that the responses can be very difficulty to summarize and analyze. | A. True |
To help ensure that observational measurements are objective, which of the following techniques would be used? | D. prepare a list of behavior categories and measure inter-rater reliability |
Which type of question is a Likert-type question? | C. rating scale |
Measuring interrater reliability helps ensure that behavioral observations are objective and are not influenced by subjective interpretations of the researcher. | A. True |
Which observational research design has the greatest risk that the observer will influence the behaviors being observed? | B. Participant observation |
Nonresponse bias refers to the fact that the people who return surveys are often a biased sample that is not representative of the general population. | A. True |