PY 316- quiz 2

Research that presents no more than minimal risk to participants and involves no intervention and no deception is an example of what type of research?

Exempt

Under which of the following circumstances is informed consent not necessary?

a public opinion survey where participants complete anonymous questionnaires

the most prevalent way of measuring internal reliability

chronbach alpha

a researcher describes the unique characteristics of an individual research participant and uses the participants real first name when writing her study. Which ethical principle is being compromised?

confidentiality

Reliability of a measure shows how ? the results are

consistent

the most prevalent way of measuring test retest reliability

correlation

A researcher who tell participants that a study is about group decision-making rather than how people cave to peer pressure is committing

deception

the degree to which your research results generalize beyond the specific characteristics of your study refers to

external validity

this type of validity concerns superficial appearance and is least scientific

face validity

A researcher decides not to report the data from three participants whos results contradicted the researchers hypothesis. This is an example of Data Fabrication

false

researcher seeking to conduct studied with nonhuman subjects must get their studies approved by their institutions IRB

false- IACUC

any factor that allows for an alternative explanation for the results of a study is a threat to external validity

false- internal

id individuals are pressured into participating in research because the researcher is in a position of power or authority, then which ethical principle is being compromised?

informed consent

Two observers record similar measurements of behavior for a group of children they are watching. The researchers have established what kind of reliability?

inter-rater reliability

Who is acting as a confederate?

jay who pretends to be a research participant even though he is actually working with the experimenter

a measurement procedure is valid if it

measures what you intend it to measure

What is demonstrated by showing that the test scores measured today for a group of individuals are nearly identical to the scores obtained with the same measurement procedure last weel?

test-retest reliability

the following is the source of observer error

the individuals who is making the measurement

One of the primary responsibilities of the IRB is to carefully review

the informed consent procedure

Milgrams obedience study is ethically questionable because the shocks posed a threat to physical harm

true