EDUC 518 Quiz Experimental

EDUC 518 Quiz: Experimental and Ex Post Facto Research

Module 4: Week 4

1. Which of the following experimental designs are considered true experimental designs?
2. Which of the following are threats to statistical conclusion validity?
3. Which of the following are procedures that are commonly used to deal with threats to internal validity?
4. What is the MAIN factor lacking in a one-group pretest-posttest design?
5. One of the strengths of ex post facto investigations is that they are rigorously controlled.
6. What does an attribute independent variable represent?
7. In which of the following pairs of correlated observations would a common cause be a plausible alternative explanation to causation?
8. Randomization provides the necessary controls in educational research.
9. What is the main aw in the static group comparison experimental design?
10. Which of the following are true of quasi-experimental designs?
11. Which of the following types of evidence help support a claim that one variable (X) is the cause of another variable (Y)?
12. Which of the following are true of extraneous variables?
13. Systematic means of anticipating threats to internal validity seek to:
14. Which of the following are threats to external validity?
15. Although the randomized subjects, post-test only control group design lacks a pretest, it can still ensure valid comparisons mainly because of its use of:
16. Which of the following are topics of study that are especially suited to the single-subject experimental design?
17. Which of the following are advantages of a factorial design?
18. Most educational experiments study the difference between:
19. What is the main advantage of the randomized matched subjects, posttest-only control group design?
20. Which of the following is an example of a construct?