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Which of the following is true of interrater reliability?

A) It is measured with an ICC.
B) It is necessary to calculate only if you have four or more raters.
C) It does not need to be calculated if your research assistants are well trained.
D) If interrater reliability is established, it means the observations are also valid.

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In which of the following studies is self-report the best data collection option?

A) A study examining the intensity of pain during natural childbirth
B) A study examining the health of children born via natural childbirth
C) A study examining discussions about natural childbirth between mothers and doctors
D) A study examining the breathing styles used during natural child birth

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A question that leads people to answer in a particular way is known as a(n) :

Dr. Paul is concerned about a fence-sitting response set when he conducts his survey. Which of the following might you recommend to decrease fence sitting?

Why might question order affect how people respond to a survey or poll?

Which of the following is NOT a way to deal with reactivity?

Forced-choice question formats are especially good at dealing with which of the following issues?

Dr. Ewell, a developmental psychologist, is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs. Imagine that Dr. Ewell wants to videotape the children interacting in the park. Why would most psychologists have no problem with the ethics of Dr. Ewell's study?

Dr. Leman is interested in using a survey to study people's experiences with natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy and the tornadoes that hit Joplin, Missouri, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Provide one reason why a survey is a good method to study this topic and one reason that a survey may not be a good method.

Dr. Gore is conducting a survey examining people's opinions toward funding for collegiate athletics on his campus. He notices that several participants agree with all 12 questions. This could be an example of all of the following EXCEPT:

Dr. Ewell, a developmental psychologist, is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs. Dr) Ewell is concerned that the children will behave differently because of the presence of research assistants. Which of the following could he do to address this concern?

Why are double-barreled questions problematic?

State three ways that a researcher could reduce reactivity in a study and why each one is effective.

Which of the following is true when asking people questions about themselves?

Explain the difference between observer bias and observer effects and give an example of each.

Explain how a masked or blind design deals with both observer bias and observer effects.

Professor Singh creates a survey to measure how happy his students are with his teaching this semester. He is teaching two classes: Psychology and Law and Introduction to Neuroscience. He writes the following questions for his survey: A.What was your favorite part of this class? B.Please rate how much you agree with the following statement using the scale below: This was one of my favorite classes all semester. C.Which of the following is most true of you? a. I am a very serious student. b. I try only as hard as I have to. D.How easy did you feel this class was? Which of the questions above is an example of a forced-choice question?

Which of the following is a poll likely to measure?

Explain why observational methods are typically seen by most psychologists as ethical.

If a question has response options such as strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree, this is known as a(n) :