Deck 15: Writing Research Proposals and Reports

Question 1

Poor planning of research is unethical because

A) it may cause the research to be worthless
B) it may cause participants to be harmed
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Answer 1

both a and b

Question 2

Which is NOT important to do when keeping a research journal?

A) keeping it in APA format
B) writing down all your research ideas
C) writing down all your reasons for making design decisions
D) writing down the authors, year, and title for every article you critique

Answer 2

keeping it in APA format

Question 3

The research journal should

A) help you to think through design decisions
B) allow others to determine whether your study should be conducted
C) allow others to give you advice on how to improve your study
D) give you experience in writing APA style

Answer 3

help you to think through design decisions

Question 4

Writing a research proposal should

A) allow others to determine whether your study should be conducted
B) allow others to give you advice on how to improve your study
C) give you experience in writing APA style
D) all of the above

Question 5

Generally, it is appropriate to relate your study to the theories and findings of other researchers in the

A) introduction
B) method
C) results section
D) a and c

Question 6

Which section of the research proposal should you write first?

A) the abstract
B) the introduction
C) the method section
D) the reference section

Question 7

In the introduction, you should NOT tell your readers

A) what the hypothesis is
B) what the reasoning behind the hypothesis is
C) the details of your procedures
D) why your study is important

Question 8

In the introduction, you should tell your readers

A) what the hypothesis is
B) what the reasoning behind the hypothesis is
C) why your study is important
D) all of the above

Question 9

In citing previous research, you should

A) cite only recent research, never cite old studies
B) report studies objectively, don't critique them because your critiques are subjective
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 10

In citing previous research, you should

A) cite only recent research
B) note weaknesses in previous research
C) cite as many studies as possible to show that you know the area
D) give a detailed description of each study that you cite

Question 11

The literature review is most likely to appear in the article's

A) abstract
B) introduction
C) discussion
D) bibliography

Question 12

Which is NOT a strategy discussed by the text for showing that your concept is worth studying

A) point out that the concept has not been studied before
B) present evidence of the concepts prevalence
C) argue that the concept is relevant
D) demonstrate historical precedence

Question 13

The primary goal of literature review is to:

A) give the reader a clear understanding of what other researchers have done
B) let the reader understand the strengths and weaknesses of existing research
C) get the reader ready to understand what you will do and why
D) let the reader know what the hypothesis is so that there is no need to state the hypothesis

Question 14

In justifying an exploratory story,

A) argue that your study is important because it studies an area that hasn't been studied before
B) explain why your manipulations and/or procedures are valid
C) don't spell out the rationale for your hypotheses if they follow from common sense
D) don't relate your hypothesis to existing theory or research because that will reduce your research's novelty value

Question 15

For which kind of replication is it easiest to give many reasons to justify doing the study?

A) direct replication
B) conceptual replication
C) systematic replication
D) theoretical replication

Question 16

Which is a rationale for a direct replication?

A) poor construct validity of the original study
B) poor internal validity of the original study
C) results that apparently conflict with other published research
D) both a and b

Question 17

A systematic replication is better than a direct replication if the problem with the original study is

A) poor construct validity
B) poor external validity
C) inadequate power
D) all of the above

Question 18

A conceptual replication is better than a systematic replication if the problem with the original study is

A) poor construct validity
B) poor external validity
C) inadequate power
D) poor internal validity

Question 19

In a "process"study where you look at variables that mediate the effect, you will generally

A) add additional treatment variables
B) use additional criterion variables
C) have to show that your prediction follows from theory
D) all of the above

Question 20

The section in which procedural details are included is the

A) introduction
B) method
C) results
D) discussion

Question 21

How you selected participants, how you assigned participants to conditions (if you did), and your procedure should be described in detail in the _________ section of the report.

A) method
B) introduction
C) results
D) discussion

Question 22

A description of the participants should occur in the

A) introduction
B) method section
C) results section
D) abstract

Question 23

Attempts to sell the reader on your study should be incorporatedinto the:

A) introduction
B) method
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 24

In the method section, you should

A) include every detail of the procedures
B) attempt to sell the idea that your procedures were the best ones to use
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 25

Statistical analyses of the findings are best restricted to the ______ section of a research report.

A) method
B) results
C) discussion
D) abstract

Question 26

Which information should NOT be in a results section?

A) how participant's behavior is converted into a score
B) whether the results support the hypothesis
C) the implications of the results for the issues raised in the introduction
D) what statistical analysis is being used

Question 27

A summary of the major findings of an investigation in numerical or tabular form can be included in which section of the report?

A) procedure
B) methods
C) summary
D) results

Question 28

Limitations of the study should be mentioned in the

A) discussion
B) introduction
C) methods
D) results

Question 29

You should discuss the implications of the research results for the issued raised in the introduction in the

A) discussion
B) results
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 30

You should relate the research results to the hypothesis in the:\

A) discussion
B) results
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 31

Which of the following elements of your study should be indicated in the title of your research report?

A) the research site
B) the main variables investigated
C) qualifications on external validity
D) all of the above

Question 32

Brief statements of the problem, method, results, and conclusions are found in the

A) abstract
B) results section
C) introduction
D) summary

Question 33

Approximately how long should an abstract be?

A) 3 sentences
B) 6 sentences
C) 12 sentences
D) 500 words

Question 34

In the results section, the order of results should be

A) manipulation check, all statistically significant results, results relating to hypothesis
B) results relating to hypothesis, manipulation check, significant results not relating to the hypothesis
C) manipulation check, results relating to hypothesis, other statistically significant results
D) statistically significant results, results relating to hypothesis, manipulation check

Question 35

The main purpose of the discussion section is to

A) restate the results in plain English
B) introduce a new theoretical explanation of the results
C) explain all of the flaws in the study
D) describe the implications of the results

Question 36

Which of the following is the proper order of sections for a research report?

A) title, abstract, introduction, results, methods, discussion, references
B) title, introduction, methods, results, discussion, abstract, references
C) title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references
D) none of the above

Question 37

Using a research journal to help plan and conduct your research is often a waste of time.

Question 38

Your research proposal should conform to MLA style.

Question 39

In the introduction of your proposal, you should summarize and critique relevant research.

Question 40

You should save your hypothesis for the discussion section of your proposal.

Question 41

The method section is the "why" section in which you explain why you did your study.

Question 42

The results section is the "how" section in which you explain what you did in your study and why you did it that way.

Question 43

In the discussion section you will explore the implications of your study.

Question 44

In the results section, make sure you explain whether the results supported or failed to support your hypotheses.

Question 45

If you write slowly and carefully, you will probably have an excellent proposal after only one or two drafts.