1) The topic of research interest. It should include two or more variables that will be tested. a) Aim b) Variables c) Research topic 2) A statement of purpose for your research topic. It is always expressed in the following form: The aim is to investigate... a) Aim b) Research topic c) Sampling method 3) The entire group of research interest that the sample is taken from. a) Sample b) Population c) Control group d) Experimental group 4) Smaller group of research participants taken from the larger population. a) Sample b) Population c) Control group d) Experimental group 5) Researchers assign participants in their sample to either the control or experimental group for the experiment. a) Participant details b) Sampling methods c) Participant allocation 6) The variable that is being manipulated, changed or added by the experimenter. a) Independent variable b) Dependent variable c) Variables 7) The variable which is being observed in the experiment situation to measure the effect of the independent variable.The variable that is being manipulated, changed or added by the experimenter. a) Independent variable b) Dependent variable c) Variables 8) A statement of predication of the relationship between 2 or more variables in an experiment. a) Population b) Sample c) Variables d) Aim e) Research question f) Hypothesis 9) Used to present and analyse experiment data. Must be clearly titled and labelled. a) Graphs and tables b) Limitations c) Conclusions d) Procedure 10) A statement about the overall findings of a study. a) Deception b) Debriefing c) Conclusion d) Results e) Graphs and tables 11) Something that occurred in the planning or running of the experiment that was done poorly, and may have caused unreliable results. a) Results b) Conclusions c) Limitations 12) The moral principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions. a) Ethics b) Experiments c) Scientific findings d) Pseudoscience 13) Researcher must first fully explain to the participant about the true purpose and the risks of the experiment, and then get written permission on a consent form in order to take part. a) Voluntary participation b) Confidentiality c) Withdrawal rights d) Debriefing e) Informed consent f) Deception 14) Each participant has the right to choose to willingly take part in the research and must not be coerced, forced or tricked into taking part. a) Voluntary participation b) Confidentiality c) Deception d) Withdrawal rights e) Debriefing f) Informed consent 15) Each participant may leave study at any time without negative consequences or pressure to stay, and may remove their results from the data at any time. a) Confidentiality b) Withdrawal rights c) Debriefing d) Informed consent e) Voluntary participation f) Deception 16) Researcher must keep participant details private e.g. not publishing their names, keeping experimental data anonymous. a) Voluntary participation b) Confidentiality c) Withdrawal rights d) Deception e) Debriefing f) Informed consent 17) Tricking participants so they don't know what the experiment is truly about. a) Deception b) Debriefing c) Confidentiality d) Withdrawal rights e) Informed consent f) Voluntary participation 18) After an experiment, a researcher must inform the participant about the results and the true nature of the experiment, and correct any misconceptions caused by deception. The researcher must provide counselling if harm has occurred. a) Voluntary participation b) Debriefing c) Confidentiality d) Withdrawal rights e) Deception f) Informed consent 19) The process of gathering participants for an experiment. a) Sampling b) Representation c) Allocation 20) Gathering participants that are readily available e.g. through social media advertisement. a) Convenience sampling b) Random sampling c) Stratified sampling d) Participant allocation e) Experimental group 21) Gathering participants in a way that allows every member of the research population an equal chance of being chosen in the experiment. a) Convenience sampling b) Random sampling c) Participant allocation d) Stratified sampling e) Control group 22) Ensuring the sample represents the population by dividing the population into sub-groups e.g. age and gender, then making sure the same ratios of the sub-groups are present in the sample. a) Convenience sampling b) Random sampling c) Participant allocation d) Stratified sampling e) Ethical guidelines

Research Methods (Year 10)

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