Quantitative Research Quiz

What is the primary goal of quantitative research?

• To explore detailed human experiences

• To classify, count, and compare human behavior using numbers

• To interpret the meaning of behavior

• To observe behavior without measuring it

What feature makes quantitative research objective?

• Avoiding hypotheses altogether

• Removing personal bias through structured, replicable methods

• Focusing mainly on emotions

• Using personal judgment to interpret results

Which is a major strength of quantitative research?

• It provides detailed emotional insights

• It allows generalization to larger populations

• It avoids using statistics

• It focuses only on natural settings

Which is a limitation of quantitative research?

• Results are often biased by emotions

• It can provide surface-level data without deeper context

• It cannot be replicated

• It eliminates statistical bias

What is operationalization?

• Choosing participants randomly

• Controlling extraneous variables

• Defining abstract psychological concepts in measurable ways

• Measuring bias and validity

What risk is associated with operationalizing complex psychological ideas like "attraction"?

• Sampling bias

• Reductionism — oversimplifying complex experiences

• Ecological validity

• Objective measurement

What is reliability in research?

• Accuracy of results

• Stability and consistency of results over time

• Generalizability to other populations

• Objectivity in measurements

Ecological validity refers to:

• Whether the study is easy to replicate

• Whether findings can be applied to real-world settings

• Whether researchers remove all bias

• Whether sample sizes are large

Why are large samples important in quantitative research?

• They make experiments cheaper

• They increase generalizability of findings

• They simplify operational definitions

• They remove the need for reliability testing

A correlation measures:

• Whether one variable causes changes in another

• How two variables are related without manipulation

• The size of the experimental group

• Random assignment of participants