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Additional Practice Test

Additional Practice Test
An additional test to help you further practice your mastery of the material from Chapter 3

This activity contains 17 questions.

	The problem of matching is that the experimental and control groups   Forces the subjects to disagree to the situation Can never be equivalent on one factor Produce hostile environments for the subjects Do not match

	The researchers committee's decision makes random assignment   difficult easy impossible possible

	Pre test comparisons are useful when   None of the above The subjects don't know they are being tested The subjects know the are being tested Pre scores are known to have been stable for a long time

	Comparing one year to the next is known as   Can be called any of the above Recurring year comparison Successive year comparison Consecutive year comparison

	Matching cannot be a solution when   Groups are very different on a pre test Subjects are all the same age Subjects are opposite sex Groups score similarly on a pre test

	Pre post designs do not tell us whether the amount of gain from pre test or post test is more or less that what we would have expected    True  False

	One should always select a subset of similar individuals when groups are very different on a pre test    True  False

	Random assignment to experimental and control conditions is always impractical    True  False

	The easier and simpler the experimental treatment is, the more self selection bias is a problem    True  False

	Many different factors contribute to the problems of pre post comparisons    True  False

	Define quasi experiment.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Define regression to the mean.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe the impact of a teachers strike and school closings as it pertains to experimental treatment factors.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	A student conducting an experiment did not have equal pre tests among different treatment groups. What might the consequences be? Explain.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	When does conducting a quasi experiment become necessary?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	List the advantages and disadvantages of successive year comparisons in respect to the class of 2000 vs. 2001.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Illustrate the differences between artificial and experimental control groups.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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