PSYC 300 Week 2 Quiz

PSYC 300 Week 2 Quiz

1. ______ a quality, such as chosen major, and is typically measured by assigning a category label to each individual.

2. _____ is a sample which consists of individuals who happen to be nearby and willing to participate.

3. There is a _________ between two variables when the average score on one differs

systematically across the levels of the other

4. Good research must begin with a good ________.Good research must begin with a good research question.

5. An important criterion for evaluating research questions is ______.

6. It is important to evaluate how ______ a research question is before designing a study.

7. _______ describe one or more new empirical studies conducted by the authors.

8. Research questions in psychology are about _____.Research questions expressed in terms of variables and relationships between variables can be suggested by other researchers or generated by asking a series of more general questions about the behaviour or psychological characteristic of interest.

9. ______ does not imply ______. The phrase correlation does not imply causation is used to emphasize the fact that if there is a correlation between two things, that does not imply that one is necessarily the cause of the other.

10. A _______ is one in which higher scores on one variable tend to be associated with lower scores on the other.