A. use control groups and experimental groups
B. use statistics to determine the effect of chance
C. Control for the effects of extraneous variables
D. repeat the experiment using either identical or improved research methods
Related Mcqs:
- An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:
A. number of hours subjects go without sleep
B. rote memory scores
C. number of subjects deprived of sleep in the experimental group
D. correlation between hours of sleep and fatigue - In an experiment studying the effects of different drugs on reaction time, each subject is presented with all of the conditions in the experiment. This is an example of ____________?
A. factorial design
B. within subjects design
C. between subjects design
D. quasi-experimental design - If someone already spreads the rumor about an experiment for being assessment of racist attitudes and the subjects then take care of not showing racist attitudes. The result of experiment will be __________?
A. invalid
B. biased
C. error
D. unreliable - The independent variable in an experiment is:
A. the subject himself
B. a measure of the subject’s behavior
C. the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
D. any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance - A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:
A. the dependent group and the independent group
B. the extraneous group and the independent group
C. the before group and the after group
D. the control group and the experimental group - A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:
A. random assignment of subjects
B. assuming the effects of the variable are negligible
C. manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously
D. repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent - In my experiment I am going to investigate how sleep affects anxiety. The number of hours of sleep the subjects have been called the _________________variable.
A. control
B. experiential
C. dependent
D. independent - The essence of the experiment method is.
A. accurate calculation of correlation’s
B. obtaining direct reports from subjects about their subjective experiences
C. careful measurement and record keeping
D. using control to identify cause-and effect connections - The essence of the experiment method is:
A. accurate calculation of correlations
B. obtaining direct reports from subjects about their subjective experiences
C. careful measurement and record keeping
D. using control to identify cause-and effect connections - A field experiment is one that:
A. uses the “real world” as a laboratory
B. tests a field or “range” of independent variables
C. differs little from naturalistic observation
D. requires no measurement of dependent variables