Topic Test Answers

In order to test a nondirectional hypothesis, a researcher would use a __________ test.

A Type I statistical error occurs when a researcher claims that there is not enough support to establish significance for the research hypothesis, but in fact there is enough.

When a psychologist wants to conduct a research study, the study design will be reviewed for ethical standards before a(n) __________.

Which of the following statements concerning correlation analysis is not true?

It is the obligation of researchers to review and comment on the research of other researchers.

Which of the following statements describes integrity?

Which of the following statements concerning statistical probability is not true?

A significance error is an error that occurs from drawing an incorrect conclusion about the __________ within a study.

Standard deviation refers to the __________.

Ethical communication with clients dictates that psychologists will keep their conversations confidential unless required by law.

Statistics can increase knowledge in all of the following ways except __________.

In the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, what information did researchers keep from their subjects about their illnesses?

Statistics assists in establishing practical guidelines for improvement.

Current ethical standards for psychology experiments were established by Freud in the 1920s.

Plagiarism is unethical because it implies that __________.

Animal research is a recent scientific invention.

Which of the following is not a reason psychologists may subject an animal used in research to pain, stress, or hardship?

Raw data often appears in published scientific journals.

Psychological research has been deemed sexist at times because most psychology researchers and study subjects are male. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Statistical power is influenced by all of the following except __________.