Question 21 of 50

What are the two defining characteristics of survey research?

In the context of survey research, what is the term used for participants who report on their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

While most survey research is non-experimental, it can also be used within what other type of research?

What type of sampling is routinely used in survey research, distinguishing it from many other approaches in psychology?

What event during the 1936 presidential election highlighted the effectiveness of careful survey methodology over less scientific approaches?

Survey research has its historical roots in 'social surveys' conducted around the turn of the 20th century for what primary purpose?

According to the results from the National Comorbidity Survey presented in the text, what was the total lifetime prevalence for major depressive disorder?

In what year was the first national election survey conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan?

Psychologists made significant advances in questionnaire design starting in the 1930s, including the development of which widely used technique?

The National Comorbidity Survey is a large-scale mental health survey that provided data on the lifetime prevalence of various disorders. What is 'lifetime prevalence'?

According to the National Comorbidity Survey data in the text, which disorder had a higher lifetime prevalence for males than for females?

Based on the National Comorbidity Survey results, what was the lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse for females?

Which of the listed disorders in Table 7.1 had the lowest total lifetime prevalence?

What was the total lifetime prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder according to the National Comorbidity Survey results presented?

The American National Election Studies, which continue today, are a collaboration between Stanford University and which other institution?

According to the National Comorbidity Survey, how many adults were given a structured mental health interview in their homes between 2002 and 2003 as part of one survey component?

What was the lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder for males, as reported by the National Comorbidity Survey?

What was the lifetime prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder for females according to the provided survey data?

For which disorder listed in the table was the lifetime prevalence nearly identical for males and females?

The use of survey data to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders is useful for basic researchers, clinicians, and what other group?

Which of the following is NOT listed as a primary approach for collecting survey data?

What was the total lifetime prevalence of drug abuse according to the National Comorbidity Survey results in the text?

What was the lifetime prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder for males as reported in the National Comorbidity Survey data?

The lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse for males was reported to be what percentage?

What was the lifetime prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder for males according to the provided survey data?

What was the total lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder reported in the National Comorbidity Survey?

The lifetime prevalence of drug abuse for females was reported to be what percentage in the presented data?

What was the lifetime prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder for females according to the National Comorbidity Survey results?

According to the provided data, which disorder had the highest total lifetime prevalence?

What was the total lifetime prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder reported in the provided text?

The lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder in females was what percentage according to the survey data?

What was the lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder for females as reported in the National Comorbidity Survey?

The total lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse was reported to be what percentage?

What was the lifetime prevalence of drug abuse for males, according to the provided survey data?

Early attitude researchers in psychology were among the first to seek out which type of samples, moving away from a common practice in the field?

What is the primary way that variables of interest are measured in survey research?

What type of analysis is often used for survey data, although many questions can also lend themselves to qualitative analysis?

Besides describing single variables, what is another primary non-experimental use of survey research?

The opening example of a study by Lerner and colleagues on reactions to terrorist attacks is identified as survey research due to its use of self-report measures and what other feature?

The lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse for males (19.6 percent) was how many times greater than the prevalence for females (7.5 percent)?

What was the difference in percentage points between the lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder in females (20.2 percent) and males (13.2 percent)?

Survey research is described as a flexible approach that can be used to study what kind of research questions?

From which two fields did survey research primarily make its way into academic fields like political science and sociology?

What was the combined total lifetime prevalence of the two substance use disorders, alcohol abuse (13.2 percent) and drug abuse (8.0 percent), listed in the table?

Early attitude research in psychology is strongly associated with what methodology?

The study by Lerner and colleagues on terrorism risk perception manipulated an independent variable, which was what?

What did the research by Lerner and colleagues find regarding the effect of primed emotions on risk perception?

What is the key reason survey researchers have a strong preference for large random samples?

What was the difference in lifetime prevalence between alcohol abuse and drug abuse for males, according to the provided data?