FREE AQL Quantitative Literacy Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following is TRUE about features of quasi-experimental research design?

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Manipulation, but no control group or randomization

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Manipulation. control group, randomization

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No manipulation of independent variable

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Use of correlational approach

Question 2

Carry-over effects are related to:

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Repeated measures design

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Factorial design

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Pretest-posttest design

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Solomon four-group design

Question 3

The extent to which it is possible to make an inference that the independent variable is truly influencing the dependent variable and relationship is not spurious, refers to:

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Internal Validity

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External validity

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Internal consistency

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Reliability

Question 4

Which of the following is considered as a threat to internal validity of a research?

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Maturation

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The Hawthorne effect

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Novelty effect

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Experimenter effects

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT related to dealing with extraneous variables in a quantitative research?

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Bracketing

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Randomization

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Repeated measures

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Homogeneity

Question 6

Which of the following is a method of integrating the findings of prior research studies using statistical procedures?

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Meta-analysis

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Secondary analysis

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Content analysis

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Grounded theory

Question 7

The term used to indicate the placebo effect in which the knowledge of being included in a study causes people to change their behaviors, thereby obscuring the variable of interest:

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Hawthorne effect

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Internal validity

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Maturation

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Manipulation

Question 8

Investigations in which samples from a general population are studied over time with respect to some phenomenon is termed as

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Trend studies

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Action research

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Outcome research

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Questionnaires

Question 9

Which of the following data collection method has better subjectivity?

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Biophysiologic measures

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Self-reports

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Observation

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Questionnaires

Question 10

Basic principles that are accepted as being true on the basis of logic or reason, without proof or verification is termed as:

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Assumptions

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Hypothesis

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Constructs

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Propositions