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When would a researcher decide to use the matched pairs design? What would be the advantages of this design?
What is a repeated measures design? What are the advantages of using a repeated measures design? What are the disadvantages?
What is meant by the internal validity of an experiment? How do the two true experimental designs eliminate the problem of selection diff erences?
Discuss the necessity for using counterbalancing. Create a table illustrating the experimental design.
What is the null hypothesis? The research hypothesis? What is the Type I error? The Type II error? What is the probability of making a Type I error?
What influences the probability of a Type II error? Discuss the reasons that a researcher might obtain non significant results.
Distinguish between a Type I and a Type II error. Why is your significance level the probability? What factors are involved in choosing a significance level?
What is meant by "Digital Government services?" (previously called "e-Government" services)
Distinguish between the null hypothesis and the research hypothesis. When does the researcher decide to reject the null hypothesis?
You will not write about the infighting between the two dominant political parties or anything related to it.
Prior to the start of the school year, Mr. King reviewed the cumulative folder. What information does this provide him? How might that information prove useful?
Describe at least five instances of actual data presented. These can include surveys, experiments, business data, and even sports information.
How does multiple correlation increase accuracy of prediction? What is the purpose of partial correlation?
What happens when a scatterplot shows the relationship to be curvilinear? What is a regression equation? How might an employer use a regression equation?
What is a measure of variability? Distinguish between the standard deviation and the range.
What is a frequency distribution? Distinguish between a pie chart, bar graph, and frequency polygon. Construct one of each.
What type of method was used in this study? Can you conclude that people become more politically conservative as they get older? Why or why not?
What is meant by baseline in a single-case design? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a quasi-experimental design.
Design a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experiment to test this claim. Include a well-reasoned dependent measure as well.
What type of design is this? What specific problems arise if you try to conclude that the training program was responsible for the reduction in prejudice?
Select a type of health care organization that would accept Medicare patients (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).
Women were immediately forbidden to attend funerals in that region, and the number of deaths subsequently decreased. How would you explain this phenomenon?
What variables are confounded with the independent variable? Design a true experiment that would address Dr. Smith's original question.
Devise a way to test your hypothesis using a singlecase design. What do you expect to find if your hypothesis is correct?
You decide that playing a radio while you are gone might help. How might you determine whether this treatment is effective?