FCS380
Sample Questions for Exam 2
 

Professor Myth tested the IQ of his respondents using the Myth IQ test. He found that when he repeated the test, different IQs were obtained for the same respondents. This means that the measuring instrument was

a. unreliable

b. invalid

c. unreliable or the value on the variable had changed

d. lacking face validity

e. inaccurate

If we can establish that variable X comes before variable Y in time, then we can say for sure that

a. variable X is a cause of variable Y

b. variable X is not a cause of variable Y

c. variable Y is a cause of variable X

d. variable Y is not a cause of variable X

e. variable Y may cause variable X

Professor Dooley examined the literature on AIDS and could find nothing that examined children’s attitudes toward parents and friends with AIDS. To examine this topic, Dooley should undertake a(n)

a examination of reductionism

b a descriptive study

c an exploratory study

d an explanatory study

e a panel study

Contingency questions are used to

a. increase the likelihood of responses from those for whom the questions are relevant

b. spare respondents the frustration of reading and puzzling over questions that are irrelevant to them

c. enable the researcher to ask several questions that have the same set of answer categories

d. all of the above

e. only a and b are correct

Number of times married is an example of a ________ level of measurement

a. Nominal

b. Ordinal

c. Interval

d. Ratio