In order to generate a _____ sample, Pam selected every 10th name off of the registrar's alphabetical list of all students at her university. All of the students at the university represent the _____ and Pam used the _____ sampling technique.
a. random; sample; random
b. representative; population; random
c. representative; sample; cluster
d. representative; population; cluster
The results section of a research article typically ____.
a. provides interpretation of the findings
b. describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research
c. includes the outcome of statistical analyses
d. provides the details of the methodology used in the study
In order to generate a sample of students from her institution, Julie selected every 10th name off of the registrar's alphabetical list of all students enrolled at her school. Julie is using the _____ sampling technique.
a. random
b. cluster
c. stratified random
d. convenience
The method section of a research article typically ____.
a. provides interpretation of the findings
b. describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research
c. includes the results of statistical analyses
d. provides the details of how the research was conducted
Rich is conducting a survey of student opinion of the dining hall at his university. In order to make sure that students from each major are adequately represented he should use the _____ sampling technique.
a. random
b. cluster
c. stratified random
d. convenience
The introduction section of a research article typically ____.
a. provides interpretation of the findings
b. describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research
c. includes the results of statistical analyses
d. provides the details of the methodology used in the study
Rich is conducting a survey of student opinion of the dining hall at his university. Rich decided to conduct his survey using students enrolled in introductory psychology classes. The type of sampling technique that Rich is using is
a. random sampling.
b. cluster sampling.
c. stratified random sampling.
d. representative sampling.
A(n) ____ is a brief summary of a psychology article.
a. abstract
b. running head
c. key word summary
d. introduction
Mail surveys are to _____ as personal interviews are to _____.
a. good response rate; interviewer bias
b. interviewer bias; good response rate
c. poor response rate; interviewer bias
d. sampling bias; poor response rate
An advantage of a database that is not full-text is that it will likely ____.
a. contain only a fraction of the publications in an area
b. contain too many publications to be useful
c. provide word-for-word copies of each publication
d. provide more complete coverage of a topic area
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