Chapter 6+10

1. According to John W. Best, the Term Hypothesis is:

• . It is a tentative supposition or provisional Guess which seems to explain the situation under observation

• . It is a shrewd guess or inference that is formulated and provisionally adopted to explain observed facts or conditions and to guide in further investigation

2. How many kinds of hypotheses?

• A. 2

• B. 3

• C. 4

• D. 5

3. How many types of variables?

• A. 2

• B. 3

• C. 4

• D. 5

4.What is the nature of the hypothesis?

• A. It is conceptual in nature. Some kind of conceptual elements in the framework are involved in a hypothesis.

• B. It is a verbal statement in a declarative  form. It is a verbal expression of ideas and concepts, it is not merely an idea but in the verbal form, the idea is ready enough for empirical verification.

• C. It has the empirical referent. A hypothesis contains some empirical referent. It indicates the tentative relationship between two or more variables.

• D. A,B and C are all correct.

5. How many types of variables for a testable hypothesis?

• A. 5

• B. 6

• C. 7

• D. 2

6. The independent variable is …

• A. A stimulus variable or input operates either within a person or within the environment to affect his behavior

• B. Is response variable or output.

• C. Is the variable that will change as a result of the independent variable.

• B&C

7. The Dependent Variable is …

• A. Is a stimulus variable or input operates

• B. Is response variable or output

• C. Are controlled by experimenter to cancel out or neutralize any effect they might otherwise have on the observed phenomena.

8. How many approaches to constructing operational definitions?

• A. 3 approaches: type A, type B and type D

• B. 2 approaches: type B and type C

• C. 3 approaches: type A, type B and type C

• D. 4 approaches: type A, type B, type C and type D

9. How many types of sampling distributions commonly used are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

10. The population of the i-distribution is?

• A. n<30

• B. n>30

• C. n=30

• D. n#30