Research Methodology & Statistics – Previous Year Questions
102 questions from past UGC NET Psychology papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- When an experimenter wishes to ensure equal representation of a variable highly correlated with the dependent variable at all levels of the independent variable, he/she should use ______ design.
- A researcher interested to verify the effect of three independent variables on two dependent variables shall use ______ for data analysis.
- Positivist paradigm subscribes to
- What type of question the following is in a questionnaire? "Why did you go to cinema last night ? "
- The critical perspective on research does not subscribe to the view that
- A researcher using a group of ten subjects under four conditions repeatedly, what will be degree of freedom for the error terms?
- Psychological research does not allow one of the following activities:
- In a normally distributed group, an examinee scores one SD above the mean. What shall be her/his percentile score?
- Which one of the following statements does not apply to normal probability curve ?
- Qualitative research can follow several approaches to knowledge. Identify one which is contrary to the assumptions of qualitative research.
- ______ is a measure of dispersion that considers all the scores.
- By what symbol the standardized regression coefficient is usually depicted ?
- What are the purposes of research? A. Explaining a phenomenon B. Making a discovery C. Fulfilling a gap in knowledge D. Attempt to resolve contradictory findings E. Making an invention Choose the correct answer from the…
- The mean can be misleading if a distribution has___ A. Marked skewness B. Large number of scores C. Few extremely high valued scores D. Small number of scores E. Few extremely low valued scores Choose the correct answer…
- What is the median of the scores given below ? 15, 8, 30, 12, 5, 40, 30, 20
- Name the test that can verify the hypothesis that two related groups have been drawn from the same population.
- Identify the experimental design used.
- What type of independent variables were included?
- How many hypotheses will the design used allow to be verified?
- Find the degrees of freedom for the error term.
- Identify the variables that were controlled by the experimenter.
- Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) is best suited for making groupwise comparisons for several dependent variables. Which of the following are these?
- Which one of the following is a nearest parametric alternative to Kruskal–Wallis test?
- In the two group design with a continuous dependent variable, which of the following measures of effect size can be employed? (A) Cohen's d (B) Point biserial correlation (C) Eta square (D) Partial eta square Choose the…
- Match List I with List II List I – Variable type List II – Example A. Artificially discrete variable I. Reaction time B. Continuous behavioural variable II. Gender C. Continuous organismic variable III. Selection test r…
- Arrange the following correlations in ascending order in terms of their strength of relationship (A) – 0.75 (B) – 0.30 (C) 0.40 (D) 0.68 Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- The above design can best be labelled as:
- The above data indicate:
- The above results indicate that:
- Which one of the following F ratios would be used to evaluate the second hypothesis?