Research methods overview quiz - AQA GCSE Psychology quiz

The variable that the researcher measures as the outcome

An unwanted variable that the researcher tries to control

The total number of participants taking part in the study

The variable the researcher changes

An unwanted variable that could affect the DV

The variable being measured as the outcome of the study

The variable being deliberately manipulated by the researcher

A measure of central tendency such as the mean or median

Field experiment carried out in a real-world setting

Laboratory experiment

Natural experiment using existing conditions

Case study of a single person or group

They are all chosen and included in the final sample

They are matched in pairs on important characteristics

They each have an equal chance of selection

They must volunteer themselves in response to an advert

It is very slow and takes a long time to gather participants

It needs a full and complete list of everyone in the population

It cannot be used in psychology research under any circumstances

It is often biased and unrepresentative

A written description of how a person felt

Reaction times measured precisely in milliseconds

The exact number of words a participant recalled

A numerical score out of ten given by each person

The middle value once all of the scores have been placed into order

Adding all scores and dividing by how many there are

The value that appears most often across all of the scores

The difference between the highest score and the lowest score

The mean average

The modal value

Median

The range of the data

Participants are required to finish the whole study once they begin

Researchers are allowed to stop the study whenever they wish to

All of the collected data must later be published in full

Participants can leave the study at any time

Participants must be debriefed afterwards

Nothing needs to be done, as deception is perfectly fine

All of the data gathered from participants must be deleted

The whole study must be repeated again without any deception

Whether the results stay consistent each time the study is repeated

Whether a study truly measures what it claims to

How many participants in total took part in the research

The overall financial cost of carrying out the research