Question 1

How would you try to diminish the attrition rate? How will it affect your results if the rate is high?

Accepted Answer

To diminish the attrition rate, I would

Question 2

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Accepted Answer

Ensuring quality control in data collect

Question 3

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Accepted Answer

The external validity of our study refer

Question 4

What are the threats to internal validity, and how would you try to minimize them?

Accepted Answer

Threats to internal validity refer to fa

Question 5

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Accepted Answer

To ensure quality control in our data co

Question 6

Will informed consent be needed for your study? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Informed consent will be needed for our

Question 7

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Accepted Answer

The external validity of our study refer

Question 8

Write four hypotheses for this research question.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write four hypotheses for this research question....

Question 9

Which of the following is the best research question for experimental evaluation research?

Accepted Answer

A)  What effects, if any, do gray winter skies have on depression? 
B)  What effects, if any, does the New Orleans Police Officer Diversity Training program have on police officers' assessment of the degree of danger they feel when apprehending male suspects of different races and ethnicities? 
C)  What effects, if any, would stricter penalties for driving under the influence of marijuana have on accident fatalities? 
D)  What effects, if any, does playing video games for 4 or more hours per day have on children's brain development? 
A)  What effects, if any, do gray winter skies have on depression? 
B)  What effects, if any, does the New Orleans Police Officer Diversity Training program have on police officers' assessment of the degree of danger they feel when apprehending male suspects of different races and ethnicities? 
C)  What effects, if any, would stricter penalties for driving under the influence of marijuana have on accident fatalities? 
D)  What effects, if any, does playing video games for 4 or more hours per day have on children's brain development?

Question 10

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

Accepted Answer

In conducting research, there are severa

Question 11

You are doing research on how prekindergarten enrollment effects students' emergent independence. You are particularly interested in how the early enrollment affects their ability to solve problems for themselves and to self-soothe. Write a research question for this research project.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You are doing research on how prekindergarten...

Question 12

Which of the following would be an acceptable reason for not using probability sampling in assigning groups in experimental evaluation research?

Accepted Answer

A)  The groups don't seem to be biased anyway, so it's not needed. 
B)  The study is easier to manage with fewer groups. 
C)  The groups are naturally occurring. 
D)  The number of subjects is too small. 
A)  The groups don't seem to be biased anyway, so it's not needed. 
B)  The study is easier to manage with fewer groups. 
C)  The groups are naturally occurring. 
D)  The number of subjects is too small.

Question 13

You are doing research on the effects of anger management classes. Write a research question for this research project.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You are doing research on the effects...

Question 14

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Accepted Answer

The external validity of our study refer

Question 15

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

Accepted Answer

In conducting research, there are severa

Question 16

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Accepted Answer

The external validity of our study refer

Question 17

Conceptualize one dependent variable from your hypotheses. How will you measure this variable, and how will you collect the data that will measure it?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Conceptualize one dependent variable from your hypotheses....

Question 18

Which of the following is a POOR example of a hypothesis for experimental evaluation research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women who take the Assertiveness Training Workshop are more likely to state when they feel that their personal boundaries have been crossed than women who do not take the training. 
B)  New fathers who work for the State of New York and take the paid parental leave available to them when their child is born are more likely to report feeling productive in their jobs upon their return than those who do not take the paid leave available to them. 
C)  Those democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries are more likely to vote for a woman in the 2020 primaries than are those who voted for Bernie Sanders. 
D)  Independent business owners who participate in the Work for Dignity program, in which they hire a homeless person to do 5 hours of work at their establishment per week paid for by a grant from the County, are more likely to volunteer their services or donate their products to the local homeless shelters than those who do not participate in the program. 
A)  Women who take the Assertiveness Training Workshop are more likely to state when they feel that their personal boundaries have been crossed than women who do not take the training. 
B)  New fathers who work for the State of New York and take the paid parental leave available to them when their child is born are more likely to report feeling productive in their jobs upon their return than those who do not take the paid leave available to them. 
C)  Those democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries are more likely to vote for a woman in the 2020 primaries than are those who voted for Bernie Sanders. 
D)  Independent business owners who participate in the Work for Dignity program, in which they hire a homeless person to do 5 hours of work at their establishment per week paid for by a grant from the County, are more likely to volunteer their services or donate their products to the local homeless shelters than those who do not participate in the program.

Question 19

You have two groups in your experimental evaluation research: treatment and control. To each group you assign five males and five females of each of the following ethnicities: White, Black, Asian and Latino. This is called ______

Accepted Answer

A)  random assignment 
B)  matching 
C)  stratifying 
D)  systematic sampling 
A)  random assignment 
B)  matching 
C)  stratifying 
D)  systematic sampling

Question 20

What steps would you take to prepare for data collection?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What steps would you take to prepare...

How would you try to diminish the attrition rate? How will it affect your results if the rate is high?

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

What are the threats to internal validity, and how would you try to minimize them?

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Will informed consent be needed for your study? Why or why not?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Write four hypotheses for this research question.

Which of the following is the best research question for experimental evaluation research?

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

You are doing research on how prekindergarten enrollment effects students' emergent independence. You are particularly interested in how the early enrollment affects their ability to solve problems for themselves and to self-soothe. Write a research question for this research project.

Which of the following would be an acceptable reason for not using probability sampling in assigning groups in experimental evaluation research?

You are doing research on the effects of anger management classes. Write a research question for this research project.

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Conceptualize one dependent variable from your hypotheses. How will you measure this variable, and how will you collect the data that will measure it?

Which of the following is a POOR example of a hypothesis for experimental evaluation research?

You have two groups in your experimental evaluation research: treatment and control. To each group you assign five males and five females of each of the following ethnicities: White, Black, Asian and Latino. This is called ______

What steps would you take to prepare for data collection?

Introduction

Interviewing

Observation and Ethnography

Surveys

Secondary Data Analysis

Existing Statistics Research

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

Filters

Exam 8: Experiments for Evaluation Research

How would you try to diminish the attrition rate? How will it affect your results if the rate is high?

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

What are the threats to internal validity, and how would you try to minimize them?

How will you ensure quality control in your data collection procedures?

Will informed consent be needed for your study? Why or why not?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Write four hypotheses for this research question.

Which of the following is the best research question for experimental evaluation research?

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

You are doing research on how prekindergarten enrollment effects students' emergent independence. You are particularly interested in how the early enrollment affects their ability to solve problems for themselves and to self-soothe. Write a research question for this research project.

Which of the following would be an acceptable reason for not using probability sampling in assigning groups in experimental evaluation research?

You are doing research on the effects of anger management classes. Write a research question for this research project.

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

What other ethical issues might be likely to arise in conducting this research?

Evaluate the external validity of your study.

Conceptualize one dependent variable from your hypotheses. How will you measure this variable, and how will you collect the data that will measure it?

Which of the following is a POOR example of a hypothesis for experimental evaluation research?

You have two groups in your experimental evaluation research: treatment and control. To each group you assign five males and five females of each of the following ethnicities: White, Black, Asian and Latino. This is called ______

What steps would you take to prepare for data collection?

Introduction

Interviewing

Observation and Ethnography

Surveys

Secondary Data Analysis

Existing Statistics Research

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

Filters