Question 1

Define the following:deception

Accepted Answer

When an experimenter lies to subjects ab

Question 2

Tommy Tackle,the coach at Coastal Mountain High School,is designing a training program for the track team.He knows that exercises A,B,and C are recommended,but is not sure which order he should have his team members train in (i.e.,A,B,C,or C,A,B,etc.).What type of experimental design would he use to test the relative effectiveness of the different training sequences?

Accepted Answer

A) One-group pretest-post-test 
B) Solomon four-group design 
C) Latin square design 
D) Classical experiment design 
E) Post-test only design 
A) One-group pretest-post-test 
B) Solomon four-group design 
C) Latin square design 
D) Classical experiment design 
E) Post-test only design

Question 3

Define the following:selection bias

Accepted Answer

A threat to internal validity

Question 4

What does the phrase "science of the sophomore" denote?

Accepted Answer

A) Research conducted by undergraduate university students,usually as part of regular coursework 
B) Research that samples undergraduate university students 
C) Research that samples persons who are 24-years-of-age or younger 
D) Research premised on simple questions 
E) Research that is conducted within a laboratory setting 
A) Research conducted by undergraduate university students,usually as part of regular coursework 
B) Research that samples undergraduate university students 
C) Research that samples persons who are 24-years-of-age or younger 
D) Research premised on simple questions 
E) Research that is conducted within a laboratory setting

Question 5

Compare and contrast interrupted and equivalent time series designs.What is common to both of them? What is unique to each of them? How do interrupted and equivalent time series designs differ from pre-experimental designs?

Accepted Answer

In an interrupted time series design,a r

Question 6

What is the name for the experimental design in the following symbolic representation?  
OXO

Accepted Answer

A) One group pretest post-test 
B) One shot case study 
C) Two group post-test only 
D) Static group comparison 
E) Factorial design 
A) One group pretest post-test 
B) One shot case study 
C) Two group post-test only 
D) Static group comparison 
E) Factorial design

Question 7

Compare the classic experimental design with each of the three pre-experimental designs.
What are the problems with each of the pre-experimental designs?

Accepted Answer

Classical experimental design has random

Question 8

Define the following:testing effect

Accepted Answer

A pretest measure that itself

Question 9

Professor Ronald Ronaldson conducted an experiment to test changes in sex roles.The experimental group read 15 articles about the achievements of great and wonderful women.The control group read 15 articles about cooking,automobiles,astronomy,and accounting.During the lunch break,subjects from the experimental and control groups met and talked about what they were reading.What internal validity problem may occur?

Accepted Answer

A) Testing 
B) Maturation 
C) Diffusion of treatment 
D) Experimental mortality 
E) Hawthorne effect 
A) Testing 
B) Maturation 
C) Diffusion of treatment 
D) Experimental mortality 
E) Hawthorne effect

Question 10

Interaction effects occur when

Accepted Answer

A) there is an imbalance in the experimental and control group at the beginning of an experiment during the pretest. 
B) there is experimenter expectancy and there is a diffusion of the treatment at the same time. 
C) external validity and reactivity cannot be controlled by a double-blind experimental design. 
D) in a factorial design,the impact of two variables operating in combination is greater than each of them added together. 
E) instrumental effects cause history effects to get larger and ruin the post-test. 
A) there is an imbalance in the experimental and control group at the beginning of an experiment during the pretest. 
B) there is experimenter expectancy and there is a diffusion of the treatment at the same time. 
C) external validity and reactivity cannot be controlled by a double-blind experimental design. 
D) in a factorial design,the impact of two variables operating in combination is greater than each of them added together. 
E) instrumental effects cause history effects to get larger and ruin the post-test.

Question 11

Define the following:natural experiment

Accepted Answer

A specific type of quasi-experiment wher

Question 12

Professor Bonnie Bonom said,"I've got to debrief the subjects" and walked into the experimental lab.What is she going to do?

Accepted Answer

A) Measure the dependent variable 
B) Measure the independent variable 
C) Randomly distribute subjects into groups 
D) Tell the subjects what the experiment is really all about,because he had lied to them earlier 
E) Tell the subjects a story to deceive them,so they won&rsquo;t know the true hypothesis being tested 
A) Measure the dependent variable 
B) Measure the independent variable 
C) Randomly distribute subjects into groups 
D) Tell the subjects what the experiment is really all about,because he had lied to them earlier 
E) Tell the subjects a story to deceive them,so they won&rsquo;t know the true hypothesis being tested

Question 13

Define the following:Hawthorne effect

Accepted Answer

An effect of reactivity named

Question 14

If the time between the pretest and the post-test is very short,then

Accepted Answer

A) the history effect is more likely to occur. 
B) the statistical regression effect is less likely to occur. 
C) the testing effect is more likely to occur. 
D) the maturation effect is less likely to occur. 
E) the statistical regression effect is more likely to occur. 
A) the history effect is more likely to occur. 
B) the statistical regression effect is less likely to occur. 
C) the testing effect is more likely to occur. 
D) the maturation effect is less likely to occur. 
E) the statistical regression effect is more likely to occur.

Question 15

Define the following:interrupted time series

Accepted Answer

An experimental design in whic

Question 16

Identify the two groups in a simple experiment and specify which one receives the treatment.What determines what the independent and dependent variables are?

Accepted Answer

The experimental group is the group that

Question 17

Field experiments,compared to laboratory experiments,generally have

Accepted Answer

A) lower external validity and higher internal validity. 
B) higher external validity and lower internal validity. 
C) lower external validity and lower internal validity. 
D) higher external validity and higher internal validity. 
E) equal external and internal validity. 
A) lower external validity and higher internal validity. 
B) higher external validity and lower internal validity. 
C) lower external validity and lower internal validity. 
D) higher external validity and higher internal validity. 
E) equal external and internal validity.

Question 18

Define the following:maturation effect

Accepted Answer

A threat to internal validity

Question 19

Define the following:diffusion of treatment

Accepted Answer

A threat to internal validity that occur

Question 20

Define the following:design notation

Accepted Answer

The name of a symbol system us

Define the following:deception

Define the following:selection bias

What does the phrase "science of the sophomore" denote?

Compare and contrast interrupted and equivalent time series designs.What is common to both of them? What is unique to each of them? How do interrupted and equivalent time series designs differ from pre-experimental designs?

What is the name for the experimental design in the following symbolic representation? OXO

Compare the classic experimental design with each of the three pre-experimental designs. What are the problems with each of the pre-experimental designs?

Define the following:testing effect

Interaction effects occur when

Define the following:natural experiment

Professor Bonnie Bonom said,"I've got to debrief the subjects" and walked into the experimental lab.What is she going to do?

Define the following:Hawthorne effect

If the time between the pretest and the post-test is very short,then

Define the following:interrupted time series

Identify the two groups in a simple experiment and specify which one receives the treatment.What determines what the independent and dependent variables are?

Field experiments,compared to laboratory experiments,generally have

Define the following:maturation effect

Define the following:diffusion of treatment

Define the following:design notation

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Define the following:deception

Define the following:selection bias

What does the phrase "science of the sophomore" denote?

Compare and contrast interrupted and equivalent time series designs.What is common to both of them? What is unique to each of them? How do interrupted and equivalent time series designs differ from pre-experimental designs?

What is the name for the experimental design in the following symbolic representation? OXO

Compare the classic experimental design with each of the three pre-experimental designs. What are the problems with each of the pre-experimental designs?

Define the following:testing effect

Interaction effects occur when

Define the following:natural experiment

Professor Bonnie Bonom said,"I've got to debrief the subjects" and walked into the experimental lab.What is she going to do?

Define the following:Hawthorne effect

If the time between the pretest and the post-test is very short,then

Define the following:interrupted time series

Identify the two groups in a simple experiment and specify which one receives the treatment.What determines what the independent and dependent variables are?

Field experiments,compared to laboratory experiments,generally have

Define the following:maturation effect

Define the following:diffusion of treatment

Define the following:design notation

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

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