List of top Research Methods and Statistics Questions on Research Methodology

Match the concept to the correct answer: \[ \begin{array}{|c|l|c|l|} \hline \textbf{P} & \text{Confounding} & \textbf{i)} & \text{We can draw clear causal conclusions from an experiment.} \\ \hline \textbf{Q} & \text{High internal validity} & \textbf{ii)} & \text{Presence of an uncontrolled variable creates uncertainty as to} \\ & & & \text{whether the dependent variable was influenced by the independent variable.} \\ \hline \textbf{R} & \text{High external validity} & \textbf{iv)} & \text{The results of a study generalize to other settings and populations.} \\ \hline \textbf{S} & \text{Placebo effect} & \textbf{iii)} & \text{Participant improves because of the expectation of receiving a} \\ & & & \text{treatment, not because of the treatment itself.} \\ \hline \end{array} \]

Match the research methods in the first column with their purposes in the second column of the table given below.

Research Methods	Purposes
P) Narrative method	i) Describing a person, event, and experience in detail
Q) Ethnography	iv) Describing cultural characteristics in detail
R) Case Study	iii) Extracting themes from data
S) Content analysis	ii) Collecting data in the form of cohesive stories

Which one of the following is established by the replication of research studies?

Which of the following statements are related to social cognition?

Which of the following statements is/are related to observational learning?