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10-31) If a researcher is analyzing interval or ratio data, the researcher would use a __________ analysis and would calculate __________. a. nonparametric; means and standard deviations b. parametric; means and standard deviations c. nonparametric; frequency counts and percentages d. parametric; frequency counts and percentages 10-32) When identifying appropriate statistical tests to use, researchers ask the following questions: 1) Is the purpose of the test to assess relationships or assess differences?; 2) Are the data measured on an interval/ratio scale or a nominal/ordinal scale?; 3) Does the analysis involve only two data groupings or more than two?; and 4) a. Are the subjects in the study human or non-human animal subjects? b. Has the study been conducted in a laboratory or naturalistic setting? c. Are the groupings of scores paired? d. none of the above 10-33) Which of the following would not be considered a “secondary analysis”? a. An omnibus test b. An effect size estimate c. A post hoc comparison d. An eta-squared index 10-34) When researchers go about recruiting and selecting subjects for a study, it is referred to as the process of a. debriefing. b. sampling. c. confounding. d. counterbalancing. 10-35) Julia is taking an introductory psychology course and, as an opportunity to earn extra credit in the course, she has the option of participating in various experiments in the psychology department. Julia’s college apparently makes use of a. a participant pool. b. mandatory experimentation. c. an omnibus test. d. post hoc comparisons. 10-36) In many cases, researchers wish to generalize from the __________ to the __________. a. sample; target population b. target population; sample c. target population; target population d. sample; sample 10-37) A researcher’s ability to generalize from the sample to the target population depends on the degree to which the sample is a. based on a human population. b. representative of the population. c. larger than the population. d. younger than the population. 10-38) In general, studies utilizing __________ research strategies are more likely to require representative samples compared to the other research techniques. a. experimental b. quasi-experimental c. correlational d. descriptive 10-39) A sample is said to be representative of the target population when the sample a. is identical to the population. b. is the same size as the population. c. mirrors the characteristics of the population. d. is larger than the population. 10-40) Some researchers aren’t concerned about having the sample mirror the target population because it is assumed that the processes being studied are similar across different subjects and situations. This assumption is referred to as the __________ assumption. a. normality b. homogeneity of variance c. regression to the mean d. continuity