Deck 2: Types of Empirical Research

Question 1

In an experimental study on friendliness and tipping, every alternate customer to whom the waiter is extra friendly toward are referred to as the

A) Control group
B) Experimental group
C) Nonexperimental group
D) Dependent group

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Fill-in the-blank: Which is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable. The treatment is called the ???????________________ variable while the response is called the ________________variable.

Answer 2

INDEPENDENT, DEPENDENT

Question 3

The purpose of experiments is to identify

A) Outcome of something
B) Independent variable
C) Conclusion
D) Cause-and-effect- relationships

Answer 3

D

Question 4

a. A nonexperimental study is one in which multiple treatments are administered.

Question 5

b. Unless the experimental research is properly planned with appropriate control conditions including a control group, there may be many alternative explanations for the results of an experiment

Question 6

c. The purpose of a non-experimental study is to determine the status of what exists at a given point in time without administering treatments

Question 7

Non-experimental design can be

A) descriptive in nature
B) Exploratory or explanatory in nature
C) Predictive in nature
D) a. and b.

Question 8

In the given scenario which is the treatment and which is the response?
We might try a new laundry detergent to see if our clothes are cleaner than when we used our old brand. The laundry detergent is ____________________, while cleaner clothes are the _____________________.