STA630 Final Term File 4 Quiz 3 July 2023 by Miss Mehwish

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Q1. A census taker often collects data through which of the following?

• Observations
• Secondary data
• Standardized tests

Correct option: Observations

Q2. Which type of research addresses major societal change?

Correct option: Historical Comparative Research

Q3. In experimental research, a specific event in the external environment occurring between the first and second measurement that is beyond the control of the experimenter and that affects the validity of an experiment, is termed as:

• History Effect

Correct option: History Effect

Q4. Which of the following is the most damaging problem for the researcher with secondary data?

• It may not address the aims
• It may not be accurate
• It may only provide part of the answer
• It may be biased

Correct option: It may not be accurate

5. Which of the following elements are NOT included in Observation in Non-Reactive research? Options:

Correct option: Time Duration

6. When you are confident that the experimental manipulation produced the changes you measured in the dependent variable, your study probably has good ________ validity. Options:

• Construct
• Internal
• Causal
• External

Correct option: Internal validity

Q7. Which of the following links with an abstract model of underlying relations or causal mechanism?

Correct option: Social research

8. Which of the following is/are the element/s of Observation in Non-Reactive research? Options:

Correct option: All of the given options

9. Threat to internal validity of an experiment arises because of a change in the measuring instrument between pretest and posttest, and not because of the instrument’s differential impact at the end, is termed as: