A Psychologist Wants to Find Out How Often College Students

question 35

Multiple Choice

A psychologist wants to find out how often college students in serious relationships cheat on their partners. She conducts a survey research study asking college students a number of questions about their relationships, including confidential questions about cheating. Which of the following is a limitation of using a survey as evidence in the study of cheating behavior?

• A) Survey research will not allow a researcher to see whether the degree of commitment is related to cheating.
• B) Survey respondents may not respond honestly about such experiences.
• C) Survey research is not likely to allow the researcher to collect very much data.
• D) Survey research is not as good as conducting a correlation study that can show cause and effect.

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Definitions:

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's values around the mean.

F-tests

F-tests are a class of statistical tests that compare the variances between groups to ascertain whether the means are significantly different, often based on F distribution.

One-tailed Tests

A type of hypothesis test that determines if there is a significant difference in a specific direction between the compared groups.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion of a population's values, quantifying how much the members of the population differ from the population mean.