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Experiments are best suited for these 2 types of research.
What are explanation and evaluation research.
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What is a respondent?
What is an individual completing a survey?
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What is a double-blind experiment?
What is: Neither the subjects nor the research assistants know who is in the Experimental or control groups.
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What is an adequate response rate for surveys?
What is 50%?
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Which is the independent variable in the following example: "Are boys more likely to commit property crime than girls?"
What is gender?
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What is a survey?
What is an instrument to ask people questions for research purposes?
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Is this a close-ended or open-ended question? "What is your gender?"
What is open-ended?
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What is the cardinal rule when it comes to selecting subjects for participation in a classical experiment?
What is Ensuring that experimental and control groups are as similar as possible?
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In field research, this term refers to how subjects are influenced by the role of the researchers.
What is reactivity?
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What is the dependent variable in the following example: "Are high school sophomores more likely to use drugs than seniors?"
What is drug use?
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What is a cohort?
What is: Group of subjects who enter or leave an institution at the same time?
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True or False. Survey items (questions) should be as long as possible to ensure that concepts are described in great detail.
What is false?
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Why is random selection of sample participants important for a classical experiment?
What is: it produces an experimental and control group that are statistically equivalent?
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What are agency records?
What is: records collected by government agencies. May be public or non-public.
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How can social desirability influence survey results?
What is: People may be too embarrassed to answer questions truthfully?
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What are the 3 criteria required for causation to be met?
What are: cause precedes effect; empirical correlation between variables; and there is no spurious 3rd variable influencing that relationship?
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The following is an example of what type of survey question: "If question 5 does not apply to you, please skip to question 8."
What is a contingency question?
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What is the difference between a classical experiment and a quasi-experiment?
What is: when random selection of participants is not possible?
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This type of evaluation research examines whether polices or procedures are being carried out as planned by a program/policy.
What is process evaluation?
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Why should you consider factors such as population, space, time, and weather when selecting cases for observation?
What is: These factors may influence your observations?
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Name the 3 major components of the classical experiment.
What are: variables; pre/post test; and experimental/control group
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This term refers to the situation in which study subjects do not know if they are part of the experimental or control group.
What is placebo?
500
This term refers to a letter mailed to prospective subjects to describe the details of the study being conducted.
What are cover letters or warning mailings?
500
This term refers to what should be done before beginning an evaluation of a program/policy?
What is an evaluability assessment? (or pre-evaluation stage)
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What are the reliability and validity problems related to agency records?
What is: agency records are not designed to answer specific research questions?
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