Exam 12: Mixed Design: Which Therapy Is Best for Treating Eating Disorders

Dr. Croteau explains to students in his methodology class that when they are using a mixed design, they are essentially using a factorial design with multiple:

Newman is interested in using an A-B design for his thesis study examining behavioral interventions for emotion dysregulation. However, he makes an appointment with his mentor because he is confused as to which type of design an A-B study would be considered. Which of the following is the most appropriate description of an A-B design?

Which of the following does NOT use a within-subjects methodology?

Natalya conducted an intervention for social skills deficits. She included a group of participants in her study who did not receive any type of intervention at all. After her study finished, she took the best intervention option determined by the study and provided it to the control group. Which type of control group did Natalya use for her study?

The baseline measurement phase of the study is usually referred to as the:

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects an A-B-A design?

Participants in the _____ do not receive treatment or intervention until after the completion of the study.

According to a 2012 study examining pro-anorexia and pro-recovery websites, research found that:

Dr. Carroll is planning to use a single-subject design in which he intends to establish a baseline, introduce an intervention, remove the intervention, and then reintroduce the intervention, measuring the dependent variable each time. Dr. Carroll plans to use:

The experimenter-expectancy effect occurs when a bias causes a researcher to _____ the participants of an experiment.

According to research conducted in 2007 what percent of males are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa?

Which of the following uses only a between-subjects methodology?

Dr. Domnica conducted a mixed design ANOVA in reference to her study examining the effects of marijuana use and alcohol consumption on several prenatal domains of development. Dr. Domnica had the following outcome: F(1, 106) = 11.2, p = .04, eta² = .13. Which number represents the within-subjects degrees of freedom?

In order to establish a cause-and-effect relationship researchers need to administer a(n) _____ before the intervention.

Dr. Carlos specifies in his statistical methodology class that it is important to remember that when carrying out a mixed design participants receive every level of the within-subjects factor, but only one level of the:

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects an A-B design?

According to the research presented in the text, approximately _____ young women are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.

Dr. Cross is implementing an A-B-A-B design. Which of the following scenarios best describes an A-B-A-B design?

Dr. Croteau explains to students in his methodology class that when they are using a mixed design, they are essentially using a(n) _____ with multiple independent variables.

Dr. Whitley just received a very large grant to carry out a controversial and highly debated study. She believes that she needs her hypotheses to be proven correct in order to receive acclaim in the research community. Dr. Whitley positions herself to be at every treatment invention and is aware of what condition each participant has been assigned. She finds herself talking with participants before participation in the study. Dr. Whitley may be unknowingly succumbing to the experimenter-expectancy bias. A method to help reduce such a bias is referred to as a: