Practice Quiz

Chapter 14
Generalizing Results

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1. Meta-analysis is a statistical procedure to combine the results of many studies that investigated the same variable.
True
False

2. The ability to infer that that the independent variable caused the effect on the dependent variable is called: 
internal validity
external validity
criterion validity

3. When you discuss the extent to which your results would apply to other people or settings, you are concerned with:
internal validity
external validity
criterion validity

4. A jury decision study used a male judge. A way to increase generalizability would be to replicate the study with a female judge.
True
False

5. A replication in which the original procedures are duplicated is called a(n) _______________ .
exact replication
conceptual replication
systematic replication.

6. A synthesis of the data obtained from many studies on a particular topic is called a literature review.
True
False

7. A study on fear of medical procedures was conducted in a room on campus that had been decorated as a doctor's office has:
experimental realism
mundane realism
replicability

8. The participants in the study became very involved in a computer simulation. This study has:
experimental realism
mundane realism
replicability

9. A study that uses different procedures for manipualating and measuring variables from another study is called a conceptual replication. 
True
False

10. A study conducted outside the confines of a standard laboratory/classroom is called a:
field experiment
mundane experiment
meta-analysis

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