SH Year 12 Hypothesis and Variable 2

The level of difficulty of psychology is significantly different to the level of difficulty of biology. This is an example of a....

• One tailed hypothesis

• Two tailed hypothesis

• Null hypothesis

• Complex hypothesis

A clear, precise, testable statement that is written at the beginning of an investigation is called a

• research question

• research aim

• hypothesis

...............data is numerical data

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

• Nominal Data

• Ordinal data

The variable that is manipulated by the researcher to provoke change in behaviour

• Dependent

• Extraneous

• Compounding

• Independent

There is no difference in the level of obedience when orders are given by someone in uniform than by someone in civilian clothes is an example of a ....... hypothesis

• Alternative Directional

• Alternative Non directional

• Null

Participants eating off a white plate are more likely to feel hungry than participants eating off a blue plate is an example of a ..........

• null hypothesis

• one tailed hypothesis

• two tailed hypothesis

If prior research is not in agreement a psychologist would tend to use a .......

• one tailed hypothesis

• two tailed hypothesis

• null hypothesis

The middle score in a set of data is the .....

• mean

• median

• mode

• variance

Mr Hegarty's cat is called ..........

• bustard

• flustered

• mustard

• custard

The group of people from which the sample is taken is the ...........

• Population

• Target population