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__________ research examines the relationships among two or more variables.
 
  A) Correlational
  B) Experimental
  C) Idiographic
  D) Psychobiographical



Question 2

Personality researchers use
 
  A) self-report measures.
  B) projective tests.
  C) behavioral measures.
  D) all of the above



Question 3

If a test of academic ability given to high school students is correlated with grades during the
  freshman year at college, the test has
 
  A) construct validity.
  B) test-retest reliability.
  C) alternate forms reliability.
  D) predictive validity.



Question 4

In using the known groups method to determine whether a test is valid, a researcher needs to test
 
  A) groups of people whom he or she knows personally.
  B) subjects who agree to have their names known.
  C) groups with published norms on a variety of personality tests.
  D) groups which can be presumed to differ on the construct being measured.



Question 5

Sam is taking a personality test for the second time. The first time he was simply guessing at answers.
  The second time, he remembers how he answered before, and answers the same way in order to be consistent. The test will probably be
 
  A) reliable but not necessarily valid.
  B) valid but not reliable.
  C) neither reliable nor valid.
  D) both reliable and valid.



Question 6

Assessing intelligence by measuring the size of a person's head would be
 
  A) reliable but not valid.
  B) valid but not reliable.
  C) neither reliable nor valid.
  D) both reliable and valid.
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6 years ago
(Answer to Q. 1)  Answer: A

(Answer to Q. 2)  Answer: D

(Answer to Q. 3)  Answer: D

(Answer to Q. 4)  Answer: D

(Answer to Q. 5)  Answer: A

(Answer to Q. 6)  Answer: A
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6 years ago
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6 years ago
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