PSYC 101 Final Exam Questions With Answers (General Psychology) 2023/2024 | Graded A+. In a research study, Doctor Akiva assigns some participants to drink 1 cup of coffee before doing
a manual dexterity task and other participants to drink 3 cups of coffee before doing a manual
dexterity task to...
PSYC 101 Final Exam Questions With Answers (General Psychology) 2023/2024 | Graded A+ What are two features that are essential to experiments?
Your Answer:
have a group of participants and elaborate a plan how to conduct the experiment.
Manipulation and control Question 2
In a research study, Doctor Akiva assigns some participants to drink 1 cup of coffee before doing
a manual dexterity task and other participants to drink 3 cups of coffee before doing a manual dexterity task to test if caffeine affects performance. What is the dependent variable?
Your Answer:
performance
Performance on the manual dexterity task Question 3
__________________ statistics summarize data from a sample, whereas ______________ statistics allow researchers to generalize to a broader population.
Your Answer:
Descriptive
inferential
Descriptive; inferential Question 4
What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics?
Your Answer:
Descriptive statistics summarize data from a sample, inferential generalize the results to the population.
Descriptive: summarize a sample of information Inferential: generalize to a population Question 5
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