Question 1

How do pre-experimental designs differ from classical experiments?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Why might a retrospective study be less effective than a prospective one at getting us accurate information about the age when someone first used marijuana?

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The answer of Why might a retrospective study be less...

Question 3

A classical experiment counts as a type of a longitudinal design.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What type of design is the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident Based Reporting System?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cohort 
B)  Panel 
C)  Cross-sectional 
D)  Time-series

Question 5

You conduct a one-group before-after design evaluation of a program that aims to reduce juvenile delinquency. You discover that, in the year following the program juveniles were taken down to the police station for getting into trouble less often than the year before they enrolled in the program. While this is promising, what is a substantial potential threat to internal validity here?

Accepted Answer

A)  Time order of variables 
B)  Demoralization 
C)  Statistical conclusion validity 
D)  Maturation

Question 6

A _________ involves collecting data once to look at something at one point in time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Longitudinal design 
B)  Panel design 
C)  Cross-sectional design 
D)  Time-series

Question 7

A one-group before-after test is known as a pre-experimental design.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Discuss the advantages of using a longitudinal design. What types of research are best captured using this type of methodology?

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Question 9

It is quicker to collect data using a prospective design than a retrospective one.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A design that involves data collection from multiple cohorts simultaneously is known as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  Accelerated/intensive longitudinal design 
B)  Panel design 
C)  Cross-sectional design 
D)  Time-series design

Question 11

When respondents respond to a question by placing an event into the incorrect time frame, that is called bounding.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Pre-Experimental, Longitudinal, and Cross-Sectional Designs

How do pre-experimental designs differ from classical experiments?

Why might a retrospective study be less effective than a prospective one at getting us accurate information about the age when someone first used marijuana?

A classical experiment counts as a type of a longitudinal design.

What type of design is the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident Based Reporting System?

A _________ involves collecting data once to look at something at one point in time.

A one-group before-after test is known as a pre-experimental design.

Discuss the advantages of using a longitudinal design. What types of research are best captured using this type of methodology?

It is quicker to collect data using a prospective design than a retrospective one.

A design that involves data collection from multiple cohorts simultaneously is known as a(n) :

When respondents respond to a question by placing an event into the incorrect time frame, that is called bounding.