Questions that ask for basic information such as age, gender, ethnicity, or income are called _____ questions and should be placed at the _____ of a survey.
a. demographic; end
b. demographic; beginning
c. double-barreled; end
d. double-barreled; beginning
Your PsycInfo search has yielded several hundred articles. The most efficient next step is to ____.
a. read the abstracts to determine if you want to read the articles
b. cross-check the references with the lists obtained with other, related subject words
c. print off the articles so that you can read them at your convenient
d. scan through the titles to see which ones seem most suited to your interests
Which of the following is FALSE?
a. A loaded question is a question including nonneutral or emotionally laden terms.
b. A leading question is a question that sways the respondent to answer in a desired manner.
c. A closed-ended question is a question for which participants formulate their own responses.
d. A double-barreled question is a question on which more than one thing is asked.
Suppose you are looking for reliable psychological information about a specific keyword. What tool is will be most effective?
a. Yahoo
b. Wikipedia
c. PsycInfo
d. About.com
Consider the following survey question: Do you consider a microwave to be fast and convenient? This is an example of a _____ question.
a. leading
b. loaded
c. rating scale
d. double-barreled
The review of the literature in the introduction section of a research report is an example of a ____ source.
a. primary
b. secondary
c. premier
d. germinal
A multiple-choice question is to a(n) _____ question and a short answer question is to a(n) _____ question.
a. leading; loaded
b. loaded; leading
c. open-ended; closed-ended
d. closed-ended; open-ended
A newspaper article discussing someone's research is an example of a ____ source.
a. primary
b. secondary
c. premier
d. germinal
A question including nonneutral or emotionally laden terms is to a _____ question as a question that sways the respondent to answer in a desired manner is to a _____ question.
a. loaded; leading
b. leading; loaded
c. double-barreled; leading
d. leading; double-barreled
You can safely assume that ____.
a. any publication in a journal is a primary source
b. secondary sources do not contain any statistical analyses
c. any publication with a section describing methodology is a primary source
d. primary sources contain descriptions of research by those who conducted it