A researcher developed a new intelligence test for elementary school children. However, the researcher fears that the scores from the test may actually be measuring the children’s reading ability. To show that the test is really measuring intelligence and not reading ability, the researcher must demonstrate ____validity.

Match the research strategy with the research scenario. You will only use each research strategy once.

A newspaper article discussing someone’s research is an example of a ____ source.

Who is acting as a confederate?

If individuals are pressured into participating in research because the researcher is in a position of power or authority, then which ethical principle is being compromised?

In which research situation below would an extraneous variable become a confounding variable?

A researcher is intrigued by an explanation of children’s problem-solving strategies found in a journal article and develops a research study to determine whether the article’s ideas are correct. This study can be classified as ____ research.

While watching your kids play in the backyard, you get some ideas about what factors may be causing them to compete or collaborate. This is an example of getting research ideas from ____.

A refutable hypothesis must ____.

A researcher would like to examine the political attitudes for students at a local university. The researcher will evaluate a sample of 200 students but would like to be sure that the ages and genders of individuals in the sample accurately represent the ages and genders for the entire student body at the university. What would be the best sampling method for the researcher to use?