Test Yourself
Take this quiz and see how you do. Select the correct answers by using the drop down menus. Once you are done, click submit to see your score! The ones that you get wrong will have a check!
1. If you cannot manipulate variables, you can still use descriptive research methods.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
2. If you are skillful, you can use descriptive research methods to find out why two variables are related.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
3. Descriptive research methods can tell you ___happens, but not ___.
-- Choose an answer --
a. What, why
b. Why, what
4. If students with high academic self esteem have better grades than students with low academic self-esteem, we can conclude that either high academic self-esteem leads to better grades or that better grades leads to high self-esteem.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
5. The belief that interviews are valid shows the impact of
-- Choose an answer --
a. Biased samples
b. Illusory correlation
6. Random samples tend to be more representative than nonrandom samples.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
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