Refer to Exhibit 12-1. College newspapers contain more violent humor items than do city newspapers.
a. necessarily ex post facto research
b. possible to do with experimental research
Ques. 2Refer to Exhibit 12-1. Persons with seasonal affective disorder will attend fewer religious services than will persons without the disorder.
a. necessarily ex post facto research
b. possible to do with experimental research
Ques. 3Refer to Exhibit 12-1. A multicultural curriculum will change children's racial attitudes.
a. necessarily ex post facto research
b. possible to do with experimental research
Ques. 4Ex post facto research is less convincing than experimental research because
a. there is no control over the dependent variables.
b. differences in the independent variable were present before the start of the study.
c. differences in the dependent variable were present before the start of the study.
d. the independent variable preceded the dependent variable in time.
e. b and c
Ques. 5Which of the following is
not an attribute variable?
a. Neighborhood where the subject lives
b. The honors courses the subject has taken
c. The method used to teach mathematics
d. The subject's attitudes toward mathematics
Ques. 6The following statement would likely be included in which section of a quantitative research article: The subjects were randomly assigned to one of the two treatments groups and a pretest was administered.
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion
Ques. 7The following statement would likely be included in which section of a quantitative research article: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using word processing on writing quality of seventh graders.
a. Introduction
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Discussion