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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?
Describe the interrupted time series and the control series designs. Distinguish between longitudinal, cross-sectional, and sequential methods.
Describe the nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Why is this a quasi-experimental design rather than a true experiment?
Why does having a control group eliminate the problems associated with the one-group pretest-posttest design?
What is a multiple baseline design? Why is it used? Distinguish between multiple baseline designs across subjects, across behaviors, and across situations.
What are some plausible alternative explanations for this finding; that is, what variables other than wine could explain the finding?
What type of relationship is proposed (e.g., positive linear, negative linear)? How might you investigate the hypothesis using the experimental method?
What are three possible cause-and-effect relationships for this non experimental observation?
How might the use of one or the other lead to different conclusions from experimental results regarding who helps more, males or females?
What if an outgoing person has a job that requires them to meet very few people? They may be considered (incorrectly) shy by this operational definition.