ES 3701 \\\"Research Methodology In Education.\\\"
ES 3701 \\\"Research Methodology in Education.\\\"
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ES3701 "Research Methodology in Education." This course at the University of South Africa (Unisa) LATEST UPDATE.
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ES3701 "Research Methodology in Education."
This course at the University of South Africa
(Unisa) LATEST UPDATE.2024 2025
Researchers are interested in studying the impact of drugs on human fetuses. In this case, why would a
correlational study be more appropriate than an experiment?
a. because correlational studies permit researchers to estimate the reported behaviors of a whole
population
b. because cause and effect can only be determined by a correlational study
c. because correlational studies allow you to observe behavior in nonartificial environments
d. because researchers using correlational studies may generalize to the population from an atypical
case
e. because participants could not be ethically assigned to an experimental or control condition
because participants could not be ethically assigned to an experimental or control condition
Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between
a. random samples and representative samples.
b. hypotheses and operational definitions.
c. causes and effects.
d. case studies and surveys.
,e. facts and theories.
causes and effects
Abdul has volunteered to participate in an experiment evaluating the effectiveness of aspirin. Neither he
nor the experimenters know whether the pills he takes during the experiment contain aspirin or are
merely placebos. The investigators are apparently making use of
a. illusory correlation.
b. the double-blind procedure.
c. the overconfidence effect.
d. random sampling.
e. naturalistic observation.
the double-blind procedure
Random sampling is to ________ as random assignment is to ________.
a. replication; correlation
b. description; prediction
c. surveys; experiments
d. correlational studies; case studies
e. illusory correlation; control group
surveys; experiments
In the hypothesis "Students who study a list of terms in the morning, just after waking up, will recall
more terms than students who study the list just before falling asleep," what is the independent
variable?
,a. time of day
b. number of terms remembered
c. memorization
d. list of terms
e. students
time of day
In the hypothesis "Students who study a list of terms in the morning, just after waking up, will recall
more terms than students who study the list just before falling asleep," what is the dependent variable?
a. memorization
b. time of day
c. list of terms
d. number of terms remembered
e. students
number of terms remembered
A hypothesis is a(n)
a. unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning.
b. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.
c. set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts.
d. statement of procedures used to define research variables.
, e. testable prediction that gives direction to research.
testable prediction that gives direction to research
Which research method is typically used to examine one participant in depth, usually because the
individual's situation/behavior is rare or unusual?
a. survey
b. experiment
c. scientific method
d. correlation
e. case study
case study
Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a
research method known as
a. random sampling.
b. the survey.
c. experimentation.
d. naturalistic observation.
e. the case study.
naturalistic observation
A researcher interested in investigating the attitudes or opinions of a large sample of people is most
likely to use which research method?
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