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Exploring Research, 9/ENeil J. Salkind, University of Kansas
ISBN: 9780134238418
©2017, Pearson Education, Inc.
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1. Describe two ways in which the reliability of a test can be established and explain the purpose of each.
2. Name the four levels of measurement and provide an example of each.
3. What is a standardized test? How does it differ from a researcher- or teacher-made test?
4. What are three advantages of using a questionnaire?
5. What is chance, and what role does it play in the use of inferential statistics?
6. How can the results of a study be statistically significant but not meaningful?
7. Explain why a research scientist does not set out to prove a hypothesis.
8. What is the purpose of descriptive research?
9. A researcher examined the relationship between consumption of milk during dinner and nighttime bedwetting and found a significant correlation of .25. How would you interpret the meaningfulness of this finding?
10. What does the coefficient of determination mean?