Final Posting

Hello class,

 Can you believe this is our last blog posting? Remember, there will be no class this Thursday, April 30th. Below is information we covered in chapters 7 and 13.

Experiment

3 Factors for Causation

Control

Attribute Variable

Random Assignment

Pretest

Double-blind procedure

Intervening variables

Suppressor

Reinforcer

Lurking

Types of experimental design

Chi square

T-test

independent samples

paired samples

ANOVA

post-hoc comparisons

In class, we discussed the difference between an independent samples t-test and a paired samples. For posting this week, I would like you to develop a line of research that uses a t-test. Give me an example of both an independent samples and paired sample.

Individual Meetings

Good work in the last three classes. Lots of material but good stuff. This week we covered;

True Score and Error Score

Internal Validity

Measurement Reliability

Multiple Administration

Internal Consistency

Measurement Validity

Content Validity

Face validity

Criterion Validity

Construct Validity

Good Treatment

Environmental Influences

History

Sleeper

Sensitization

Hawthorne Effect

Selection

Self-selection Bias

Regression Effect

Ceiling and floor Effect

Mortality (Attrition)

Evaluation Apprehension

Researcher Personal Attribute Effect

Researcher Unintentional Expectancy Effect

Researcher Observational Bias

Observer Drift

Observer Bias

Halo Effect

External Validity

Sampling

Simple Random

Systematic

Stratified

Cluster

Convenience

Volunteer

Purposive

Quota

Network (Snowball)

Ecological Validity

Replicate Findings

Constructing Scales

Next Class (April 14) we will have individual meetings. I want you to bring your SPSS project and I will give you advice on how to improve any stakes. Each of you will be alloted a five minute time frame. For this week's posting, I would like you to select you time. This way you don't have to sit around all class. Lets start with 5:30 and go in 5 minute intervals until 6:30 (i.e. 5:30, 5:35, 5:40, etc.). Please post your name and select a time not chosen by another student.

Thursday, April 2.

Hello class,

  This week's blog posting is an easy one. On class Tuesday, I handed out your SPSS assignment. I forgot to record who had which data set. So, for this week's posting, I would like you to write the 2 variables that you were given for the assignment. They are hand written on the top of the paper. Remember to post your name.