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1. Direct replications are like exact copies of the original study.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
2. All of the findings presented in published journals would replicate.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
3. If you do one statistical test and find a significant effect using a significance level of p = .05, there is only a 5 in a 100 chance that your finding is a false alarm.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
4. A Type I error rate refers to the chances of mistakenly declaring that a chance difference is a real difference.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
5. A Type II error rate refers to the chances of failing to find a significant difference when a reliable difference really exists.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
6. In most journal articles, the chances of making a Type I error is greater than the chances of making a Type II error.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
7. Systematic replications have all the advantages of a direct replication.
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a. True
b. False
8. Which of the following changes to a study would boost its power
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a. Using a more homogenous group of participants
b. Using a more heterogenous group of participants
9. Using a placebo control group and making the study a double-blind study would boost its
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a. construct validity
b. external validity
10. Which of the following is the most advanced form of replication
-- Choose an answer --
a. conceptual
b. systematic
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