A tally sheet on which attributes that will not change are recorded is to _____ checklist as a tally sheet used to note the presence or absence of behaviors is to _____ checklist.
a. static; action
b. action; static
c. narrative; non-narrative
d. non-narrative; narrative
Jill collects data on the participants in her study by writing down a full narrative description of everything they do. Jill is using a(n) _____.
a. narrative record
b. action record
c. checklist
d. static checklist
A tally sheet on which the researcher records attributes of the participants and whether particular behaviors were observed is a(n) _____.
a. narrative record.
b. action record
c. checklist
d. narrative list
A subjective means of collecting data is to _____ as a more objective means of collecting data is to _____.
a. checklists; narrative records
b. static checklist; action checklist
c. narrative records; checklists
d. action checklist; static checklist
_____ reliability should be established when using the data collection method of _____.
a. Test-retest; checklists
b. Test-retest; narrative records
c. Inter-rater; narrative records
d. Inter-rater; checklists
_____ observation affords _____ control, but increases the chance of _____.
a. Naturalistic; more; reactivity
b. Naturalistic; less; experimenter effects
c. Laboratory, less; experimenter effects
d. Laboratory; more; reactivity
Lack of flexibility is to _____ observation as lack of control is to _____ observation.
a. laboratory; naturalistic
b. naturalistic; laboratory
c. disguised; undisguised
d. undisguised; disguised
Doug is conducting a study of gender differences in conversation dyads. He decides to sit in the student center and watch male/male dyads versus female/female dyads. He believes that the distance between the female/female dyads will be much smaller than that between the male/male dyads. When collecting the data, he notes all cases that fit his hypothesis but tends to miss most cases that do not fit his hypothesis. Doug's data collection behavior illustrates the pitfall of:
a. expectancy effects.
b. reactivity.
c. expectancy syndrome.
d. experimenter blindness.
_____ is a lesser concern when using _____ observation because the observations are made in an _____ manner.
a. reactivity; undisguised; obtrusive
b. expectancy effects; disguised; unobtrusive
c. reactivity; disguised; unobtrusive
d. expectancy effects; disguised; obtrusive
_____ is more of a concern when using _____ observation.
a. reactivity; participant
b. reactivity; non-participant
c. expectancy effects; participant
d. expectancy effects; non-participant
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