EPPP Research and Statistics practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Sampling, research designs and threats to validity, descriptive and inferential statistics, power and effect size, meta-analysis, qualitative methods and program evaluation. Research Methods and Statistics is 7% of EPPP Part 1 in ASPPB’s specifications, about 12 of the 175 scored questions.

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Before you start

Every question has four options and one correct answer. Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to ASPPB’s EPPP (Part 1-Knowledge) content areas; they are not ASPPB questions. Part 2-Skills is not simulated. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). EPPP is a registered mark of ASPPB.