LAB Week 2
Dr Nishtha Lamba
Lab Class 1 (Week 2):Revision
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ARE YOU SCARED OF
THIS MODULE?
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Average performance of
students
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OMG! Texting in Class = U Fail L Empirical
Evidence That Text messaging During Class
Disrupts Comprehension
(Gingerich & Lineweaver, 2014) Teaching of Psychology journal
“Many students may believe that they can listen to a lecture
while also engaging in a text message conversation
because one task is primarily auditory and the other
primarily visual in nature.
The results of our two experiments showed that, on
average, students who text during class can decrease their
initial learning from a B level (i.e. 81.11%) to a D level (i.e.
66.78%).”
– (Gingerich & Lineweaver, 2014, p. 49)
Translated to this module, it means the difference between
grade classifications.
PSY2005 Lab 2 - Revision
■ A communal MCQ
■ point your browser to
– Google ‘Socrative Student Log
in’
– enter room number 30102
Here is a frequency distribution
from www.amazon.co.uk of ratings
for a book.
What is the mean of the data?
5 star: (3)
4 star: (6)
3 star: (2)
2 star: (1)
1 star: (1)
a) 1.00 b) 3.69 c) 3.45 d) 4.00 e) haven’t the foggiest
What is the MODE of the data?
5 star: (3)
4 star: (6)
3 star: (2)
2 star: (1)
1 star: (1)
a) 3.69 b) 4.00 c) 1.00 d) 3.45 e) haven’t the foggiest
What is the MEDIAN of the
data?
5 star: (3)
4 star: (6)
3 star: (2)
2 star: (1)
1 star: (1)
a) 4.00 b) 3.69 c) 3.45 d) 1.00 e) haven’t the foggiest
How would you describe the
frequency distribution?
(NB note the direction of the axis)
5 star: (3)
4 star: (6)
3 star: (2)
2 star: (1)
1 star: (1)
a) +ve skewed b) –ve skewed c) normal d) leptokurtic
e) haven’t the foggiest
If a psychological test is valid,
what does this mean?
A. the test measures what it claims to measure
B. the test measures a psychologically useful variable
C. the test has internal consistency
D. the test will give consistent results
E. haven’t the foggiest
If the scores on a test of well-being
have a mean of 26 and a standard
deviation of 4, what is the z-score
of a client for a score of 18 on that
test?
A. –2
B. 11
C. 2
D. –1.41
E. haven’t the foggiest
A scatterplot shows
A. The average of groups of data.
B. The proportion of data falling into different categories.
C. Scores on one variable plotted against scores on a second
variable.
D. The frequency with which values appear in the data.
E. Haven’t the foggiest
A positive correlation shows
that:
A. two variables are unrelated
B. as one score increases so does the other
C. as one score increases so the other decreases
D. both A & B
E. haven’t the foggiest
If there were a perfect positive
correlation between two interval/ratio
variables, the Pearson's r test would
give a correlation coefficient of:
A. - 0.33
B. +1
C. + 0.88
D. -1
E. haven’t the foggiest
When interpreting a correlation
coefficient, it is important to look at:
A. The significance of the correlation coefficient.
B. The magnitude of the correlation coefficient.
C. The +/ - sign of the correlation coefficient.
D. All of the above.
E. Haven’t the foggiest
If the correlation coefficient
between scores on two sub scales
of an IQ test is r = .42 which
expression would best describe
the size of effect?
A. small
B. small-to-medium
C. large
D. medium-to-large
E. haven’t the foggiest
An experimenter measured 30 children's IQ.
He then ranked ordered the children and
assigned them a score from 30 (most
intelligent) to 1 (least intelligent) to create a
new variable. Does this new variable
consist of
A. ratio data
B. nominal data
C. interval data
D. ordinal data
E. haven’t the foggiest
A variable manipulated by a
researcher is known as
A. a confounding variable
B. an independent variable
C. a discrete variable
D. a dependent variable
E. haven’t the foggiest
A variable that measures the
effect of manipulating another
variable is known as
A. a confounding variable
B. an discrete variable
C. a dependent variable
D. a independent variable
E. haven’t the foggiest
What is a confounding variable?
A. a variable that effects the the outcome being measured as well as or
instead of the independent variable
B. a variable that is made up only of
C. a variable that is manipulated by the experimenter
D. a variable that has not been measured
E. haven’t the foggiest
Which of the following is designed to
compensate for practice effects?
A. Randomisation of participants
B. counterbalancing
C. a control condition
D. a repeated measures design
E. haven’t the foggiest
Participants take a simulated driving test
twice, in one condition they have no
alcohol, in the other they have enough
alcohol to take them over the legal limit.
Is this design:
A. Repeated measures
B. Related measures
C. Between subjects
D. Independent measures
E. Haven’t the foggiest
If my experimental hypothesis was "eating
cheese before bed affects the number of
nightmares you have", what would the
null hypothesis be?
A. eating cheese before bed gives you fewer nightmares
B. the number of nightmares you have is not affected by eating cheese
before bed
C. eating cheese is linearly related to the number of nightmares you
have
D. eating cheese before bed gives you more nightmares
E. Haven’t the foggiest
p is the probability of
A. obtaining results as extreme (or more) as observed, if the null
hypothesis (H0) is true
B. that the results would be replicated if the experiment was
conducted a second time
C. the results being due to chance, the probability of the null
hypothesis (H0) being true
D. the results not being due to chance, the probability that the null
hypothesis is false
E. Haven’t the foggiest
The correlation between two
variables X and Y is .12 with a sig.
of p < .01, what can we conclude?
A. That variable X causes variable Y.
B. That there is a small relationship between X and Y.
C. That there is a substantial relationship between X and Y.
D. All of the above.
E. Haven’t the foggiest
If the p value for a t-test comparing
two treatments for depression is
=0.005, you should
A. accept the null hypothesis
B. reject the null hypothesis
C. fail to accept the null hypothesis
D. fail to reject the null hypothesis
E. Haven’t the foggiest
If the p value for a test comparing
frequency of violent behaviour before
and after an intervention = 0.052, you
should
A. accept the null hypothesis
B. reject the null hypothesis
C. fail to accept the null hypothesis
D. fail to reject the null hypothesis
E. Haven’t the foggiest
