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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 11.

This activity contains 20 questions.

	During a long study students will get   Taller Older Smarter All of the above

	Statistical regression occurs in educational research   Rarely Frequently Always Never

	Teacher effects refer to effects on   teachers Students administrators All of the above

	Large scale surveys are   Cheap and easy Cheap and difficult Expensive and easy Expensive and difficult

	Artificialty in educational research is   Common Scarce Expensive Rare

	Two principal criteria that a research design must satisfy are internal validity and interests    True  False

	History is a great asset to internal validity    True  False

	Ceiling effects go along with the normal distribution of test scores    True  False

	Attrition can pose a problem in a study    True  False

	Internal validity does not have a direct effect on external validity    True  False

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

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

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

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

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

	Define a ceiling effect. Define a floor effect. Give two examples of each that you have encountered in the classroom and explain why they are classified that way.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe a way that selection bias can be ruled out. Use an imaginative study as your example.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	List the three major types of confounding variables. Give an example of each that you have experienced in this school. Describe why your experience can be described as that type of confounding variable.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe in detail how the Hawthorne effect became known as "the Hawthorne effect" and give an example, of your own thoughts, of a Hawthorne effect.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe in detail how the John Henry effect became known as "the John Henry effect" and give an example, of your own thoughts, of a John Henry effect. Finally compare and contrast a Hawthorne effect to a John Henry effect.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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