CEFS 515 Quiz 3

CEFS 515 Quiz 3 Liberty University

1. All of the following are not quasi experimental research designs, except for:
2. Examples of quasi-experimental designs include ___________________.
3. There is a chance that a researcher can create two equal groups.
4. In the Knight and Tetrault study guide, the authors discuss Creswell’s recommendations about which items should be included in the methods section of a research proposal. These include:
5. According to Jackson, one of the benefits of using more than one group, is that the use of multiple groups allows for the addition of a placebo group.
6. Research designs that are group comparisons may include:
7. The nonequivalent control group design involves a group comparison where the control group is equivalent to the research group.
8. An experimental design which has random selection, random assignment, or a mixture of both and the dependent variable is measured before and after the independent variable was manipulated, and then the pre-rest and post test scores are compared,  is called a ______________________.
9. Internal validity relates to ________________.
10. In the true-experimental design, the independent variable is not actively being changed.
11. A design in which participants are measured on a trait they already possess and assigned to categories based on that trait, rather than manipulating the independent variable is the ______________.
12. Confounding variables are:
13. The post facto design can speak to the cause and effect of a relationship.
14. An ANOVA is:
15. The participants in post facto design are measured on a trait that the participant already possesses.
16. When creating groups, a researcher can feel more confident about how equivalent they are based on ___________________.
17. Factorial designs refer to:
18. Since quasi-experimental research is on the continuum of robustness between true experimental design and correlational research:
19. All of the following are necessary characteristics of the true experimental design except ________________.
20. A design in which participants are not randomly assigned but there is an independent variable being manipulated and a dependent variable being measured is a _______________________.
21. It has been said that the methods section of a research proposal is the most concrete of all the sections.
22. According to the Jackson text, what are the differences between the quasi experimental methods and the correlational methods?
23. A test that is designed to determine how well an observed frequency distribution of two nominal variables fits an expected pattern of frequencies is called the _____________.
24. A quasi-experimental research design may be used when:
25. A research design often used in the behavioral sciences, especially counseling is known as the: