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  1. Return to Approaches to Social Research 6e Student Resources

Chapter 07 True/False Quiz

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. Experiments are used primarily for exploratory research - to develop hypotheses.

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. When the results of an experiment are statistically significant, they are unlikely to be due to random processes such as random assignment.

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. Experiments tend to be high in internal validity.

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. Random assignment increases the external validity of an experiment.

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. Most experiments use convenience samples.

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. The cover story is provided after the manipulation of the independent variable but before the measurement of the dependent variable.

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. Experimenters in the bystander intervention experiment performed a manipulation check by asking subjects if they were willing to help the victim of the seizure.

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. Impact experiments such as the bystander intervention study tend to be high in experimental realism.

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. The best way to control for demand characteristics and evaluation apprehension is to remind subjects that they are in a scientific experiment.

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. Field experiments reduce or eliminate reactive measurement effects.

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