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 account for irrelevant variables, you should not use descriptive research methods.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
2. If you want to make cause-effect statements, you should not use descriptive research methods.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
3. Because you do not manipulate variables in a descriptive design, you cannot use a descriptive design to make a cause-effect statement.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
4. If students with high academic self esteem have better grades than students with low academic self-esteem, we can conclude that high academic self-esteem leads to better grades.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
5. Illusory correlations are due to
-- Choose an answer --
a. Misperceiving relationships
b. Coincidences
6. Large samples tend to be more representative than small samples.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
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