PSY1SFP - WEEK 4 PART 2

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What is the primary concern in ensuring high internal validity in research design?

  • Maximizing sample size
  • Reducing researcher bias
  • Increasing the number of experimental conditions
  • Avoiding selection bias (correct)

What type of threat to internal validity is associated with changes in the instrument or observer over repeated testing?

  • Mortality
  • Experimenter bias
  • History
  • Instrument change (correct)

Which of the following is NOT a remedy for mortality as a threat to internal validity?

  • Matched controls on factors related to attrition
  • Increased sample size (correct)
  • Control group
  • Tripled-blind study

What type of threat to internal validity occurs when the researcher's expectations or biases influence the participant's response?

<p>Experimenter bias (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using a control group in research design?

<p>To control for extraneous variables (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of a researcher in terms of validity when designing a study?

<p>To eliminate as many potential biases as possible (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of validity is concerned with the confidence that the outcome is due to the manipulation/measures used?

<p>Internal validity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of assessing the validity of a study?

<p>To ensure that the results are trustworthy and not influenced by biases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a consequence of not considering validity when designing a study?

<p>Interpreting the results becomes more difficult (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of validity in the context of research?

<p>The extent to which the score 'behaves' as expected from theory (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of discriminant validity?

<p>To demonstrate that a measure is not assessing a different trait (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key factor in determining high external validity?

<p>The representativeness of the sample of participants to the population (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a threat to external validity?

<p>A non-representative sample of participants (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of external validity?

<p>Can the findings be generalized to all situations? (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is random selection of participants rare in research?

<p>Due to ethical and logistical concerns (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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