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1
The essential ingredient of science is application.
A)True
B)False
2
A dependent variable is manipulated; an independent variable is observed.
A)True
B)False
3
An operational definition is used by scientists to give specific meaning to a construct.
A)True
B)False
4
Reliability of measurement refers to consistency; validity of measurement refers to truthfulness.
A)True
B)False
5
To be testable, a hypothesis must be circular in its reasoning.
A)True
B)False
6
Nomothetic research seeks to describe individuals on average.
A)True
B)False
7
Most psychological research is nomothetic and quantitative.
A)True
B)False
8
All idiographic research can be characterized as basic research.
A)True
B)False
9
Qualitative research relies on statistical analysis of observed behavior.
A)True
B)False
10
A correlation between variables is used as the basis for the goal of prediction.
A)True
B)False
11
A positive correlation indicates that as scores on one variable increase, scores on a second variable increase.
A)True
B)False
12
Researchers can make a causal inference when a correlation is observed between two variables.
A)True
B)False
13
A confounding between two variables means that the goal of prediction has been met.
A)True
B)False
14
Psychologists use constructs as intervening variables in their theories.
A)True
B)False
15
Precision of prediction in theory testing refers to the idea that the simplest explanation among alternatives is accepted.
A)True
B)False





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