The acronym BRUSO is used as a guideline for creating effective questionnaire items. What does the 'B' in BRUSO stand for?

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This question tests the user's knowledge of the BRUSO model for writing questionnaire items by asking for the meaning of one of its letters.

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What does 'a (alpha)' represent in the context of null hypothesis testing?

Question 2

Which term refers to a brief summary of a study's research question, methods, results, and conclusions?

Question 3

According to the glossary, what is an 'alternating treatments design'?

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What does the 'alternative hypothesis' propose?

Question 5

An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is a statistical test used for what purpose?

Question 6

In what year was the APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct first published?

Question 7

What is the primary focus of 'applied research'?

Question 8

In research ethics, what does the principle of 'autonomy' refer to?

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What is the 'baseline' in an ABA design?

Question 10

What is 'Bayesian statistics'?

Question 11

Which principle from the Belmont Report underscores the importance of maximizing research benefits while minimizing harms?

Question 12

What is a 'between-subjects experiment'?

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What is a 'carryover effect'?

Question 15

A variable like a student's chosen major (e.g., Psychology, English, Nursing) is an example of what type of variable?

Question 16

What is another term for 'central tendency'?

Question 17

Which term describes a helper in a study who pretends to be a real participant?

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What does a 'confidence interval' represent?

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What is a 'confounding variable'?

Question 20

What does 'construct validity' refer to?

Question 21

What type of research focuses on the statistical relationship between two variables without manipulating an independent variable?

Question 22

What is the purpose of 'counterbalancing'?

Question 23

What does the term 'critical value' refer to in statistics?

Question 24

Cronbach's alpha is a statistic that measures what property of a scale?

Question 25

The process of informing participants about the purpose of a study and revealing any deception after their participation is known as what?

Question 26

What is the 'directionality problem' in correlational research?

Question 27

What is 'discriminant validity'?

Question 28

What is the purpose of a 'double-blind study'?

Question 29

Which term describes questions about the way the world actually is, which can be answered by systematic observation?

Question 30

What does the term 'ethics' refer to?

Question 31

What is an 'extraneous variable'?

Question 32

What is 'face validity'?

Question 33

A scientific claim is considered 'falsifiable' if...

Question 34

What is the 'file drawer problem'?

Question 35

What is 'grounded theory'?

Question 36

What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?

Question 37

Which term describes mental shortcuts used in forming and maintaining our beliefs?

Question 38

What is a 'hypothesis'?

Question 39

What does 'inter-rater reliability' measure?

Question 40

Which term refers to the consistency of people's responses across the items on a multiple-item measure?

Question 41

What does 'internal validity' refer to?

Question 42

What is an 'interrupted time-series design'?

Question 43

Changing the level of an independent variable systematically so that different groups of participants are exposed to different levels is known as what?

Question 44

What is the purpose of a 'manipulation check'?

Question 45

A threat to internal validity where participants might have changed between the pretest and posttest simply because they are growing and learning is known as what?

Question 46

What is 'mean squares between groups (MSB)' an estimate of?

Question 47

A review article that provides a statistical summary of all previous results on a topic is called what?

Question 48

What is the defining characteristic of a 'mixed factorial design'?

Question 49

What is 'mundane realism'?

Question 50

A relationship in which higher scores on one variable tend to be associated with lower scores on the other is known as what?