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SECTION A: Multiple choice

Answer all the questions. You should put the letter of the correct answer in the box provided.

1 Which of these sections of the write-up of a practical report is the only one in which the

significance statement for the research would not be stated?

 A abstract

 B discussion

 C introduction

 D results

 Your answer [1]

2 Which of these indicates the least probability of the null hypothesis being true?

 A p<0.05

 B p<0.01

 C p<0.001

 D p>0.01

 Your answer [1]

3 Which of these is an inferential rather than a descriptive statistical analysis?

 A Mann-Whitney U

 B mean

 C standard deviation

 D variance

 Your answer [1]

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4 Which of these terms refers to the process of checking research prior to publication?

 A paired review

 B peer review

 C phased review

 D priority review

 Your answer [1]

5 If the variance is 36, what is the standard deviation?

 A 3

 B 6

 C 18

 D 1296

 Your answer [1]

6 Which sampling technique ensures everyone in the target population has an equal chance of

being in the sample?

 A opportunity

 B random

 C self-selected

 D snowball

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7 Which of these is a type of reliability?

 A criterion

 B ecological

 C face

 D test-retest

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8 What type of data is used to calculate the Chi-square test?

 A interval

 B nominal

 C ordinal

 D ordinal and interval

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9 Which is the simplest form of the ratio 12:8?

 A 2:3

 B 3:1

 C 3:2

 D 6:4

 Your answer [1]

10 In the cross-cultural study of helping behaviour by Levine et al. (2001), which type of correlation

was found between the variables ‘purchasing power’ and ‘the overall level of help given’?

 A non-significant negative correlation

 B significant negative correlation

 C significant positive correlation

 D zero correlation

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11 Which two variables were positively correlated in Maguire et al.’s (2000) study of taxi drivers’

brains?

 A volume of grey matter in posterior hippocampus and age

 B volume of grey matter in posterior hippocampus and length of time as a taxi driver

 C volume of grey matter in posterior hippocampus and length of time taken to pass ‘The

Knowledge’ test

 D volume of grey matter in posterior hippocampus and volume of grey matter in anterior

hippocampus

 Your answer