8/9 Question 3 Melanie is conducting a survey for her thesis that examines administrative policies in middle schools tha

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Question 3
Melanie is conducting a survey for her thesis that examines
administrative policies in middle schools that are intended to
decrease bullying. After developing her survey and piloting the
instrument with a small group, she then administers the instrument
to a sample of 2,300 middle school administrators. Which of the
following survey research designs best describes Melanie's
study?
Group of answer choices
c. Cohort
d. Panel
b. Trend
a. Cross-sectional
Question 4
After identifying a topic, survey researchers next
Group of answer choices
b. review the literature.
c. collect valid and reliable data.
a. select an appropriate sample.
d. examine the research context.
Question 5
Of the following, which is most likely a survey research
question?
Group of answer choices
a. Is there a gender difference in science achievement on The
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)?
c. Is there a relationship between science self-efficacy and
students' science grades in eleventh grade?
e. Do parents believe that the new middle school science club is
worth the funds the district spent?
b. What is the experience of ten-year-olds at the summer science
day camp held at the university?
Question 6
Jack administered an achievement test with an internal
consistency reliability of .65. Jack should interpret this result
as
Group of answer choices
d. low internal consistency reliability.
a. high internal consistency reliability.
b. moderate internal consistency reliability.
c. acceptable internal consistency reliability.
Question 7
Joyce read a study that reported students' age was
correlated r = -.68 with classroom management
referrals. This correlation indicates as age increases
Group of answer choices
c. classroom management referrals are more likely to
increase.
d. classroom management referrals are likely to remain at the
same level.
b. classroom management referrals are more likely to
decrease.
a. classroom management referrals are about equally likely to
decrease or increase
Question 8
Which of the following measures is used when the criterion
variable in a prediction study is categorical?
Group of answer choices
a. Multiple regression
d. Canonical correlation
c. Discriminate function analysis
b. Path analysis
Question 9
A Pearson r correlation is best used for data
that are expressed as
Group of answer choices
c. only ordinal.
b. only rank.
a. ordinal and continuous.
d. only continuous.
Question 10
Gretchen wanted to see whether, given a sample of teachers that
graduated from colleges and universities, GPA in college was
related to starting salary as a teacher. Which correlation
coefficient should Gretchen calculate?
Group of answer choices
c. Kendall's tau
b. Eta
d. Spearman rho
a. Pearson r
11 The two primary survey research designs are
Group of answer choices
c. interviews and questionnaires.
b. cross-sectional and longitudinal.
d. projective assessments and observation.
a. self-report and achievement