Dr. Kushner is planning on conducting a study next semester. He is curious as to whether sleep deprivation is associated with poorer cognitive performance. For example, if you sleep poorly the night before a big exam, will you do worse? Dr. Kushner is especially curious about selective sleep deprivation, where people are kept from entering REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Using an electroencephalograph (EEG) to monitor brain waves, he plans to let participants sleep until they enter REM sleep and then wake them. After the participants are awake for one minute, Dr. Kushner plans to let them return to sleep. As they enter REM sleep again, he will wake them again and follow the same procedure. He plans to do this through the entire eight-hour sleep session. The following morning, participants will be asked to take a sample SAT test.
Dr. Kushner asks his participants to provide informed consent. Doing this is adhering to which principle of the Belmont Report?
Question 1 options:
the principle of beneficence | |
the principle of justice | |
the principle of integrity | |
the principle of respect for persons |
Question 2 (1 point)
Ch. 10 cumulative: When conducting a simple experiment, researchers try to maximize ______ validity which will decrease _____ validity.
Question 2 options:
construct; statistical | |
statistical; construct | |
external; internal | |
internal; external |
Question 3 (1 point)
Ch. 3 cumulative: Suppose I tell you that I have a “mystery claim” and I’m not going to tell you what it is or whether it’s a frequency, association or causal claim. Based on this limited information, which of the four validity do you know that I will need to prioritize?
Question 3 options:
statistical validity | |
construct validity | |
internal validity | |
external validity |
Question 4 (1 point)
Ch. 1 cumulative: Students who are interested in being consumers of, but not producers of, research might choose which of the following professions?
Question 4 options:
a clinical psychologist | |
an advertising executive | |
a political pollster | |
a program evaluator |
Question 5 (1 point)
Ch. 5 cumulative: __________ is necessary, but not sufficient, for construct validity.
Question 5 options:
external validity | |
statistical validity | |
internal validity | |
reliability |
Question 6 (1 point)
Ch. 7 cumulative: When generalizing from your sample to your population of interest is important then you will want to use ________ sampling. However, if generalization to the population is not important then it is fine to use __________ sampling.
Question 6 options:
non-probability; probability | |
non-random; random | |
probability; non-probability | |
biased; unbiased |