Validity and Reliability
Measurement (mostly)
Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Measures
Designing a Study Category
Miscellaneous
100
Whether the instrument contains the correct items
What is content validity
100
In this type of data collection, you want to avoid leading questions
What is interviews (or surveys)
100
A study with 10,000 participants
What is quantitative
100
The variable that the researcher changes
What is the independent variable
100
The letter used to represent effect size
What is d
200
When the pretest (or baseline assessments) influence how the participant responds to the treatment
What is reactive effect of testing (or pretest sensitization)
200
A pedometer or an ActiGraph are examples of these types of measures
What is objective
200
A study that surveys 100 people and does in-depth interviews with 10 people
What is mixed methods
200
The variable that is measured at the end of a study
What is dependent variable
200
The sport that Julia coaches
What is swimming
300
Whether or not the instrument appears to be valid based on an inspection
What is face validity
300
A test that looks at the skills and/or knowledge someone has acquired
What is an achievement test
300
A study that looks at a secret association at the university
What is qualitative
300
One way to recruit participants that are difficult to find
What is snowball sampling
300
Failing to reject the null hypothesis when there is a difference between two groups
What is Type II error
400
Whether or not items adequately measure the theoretical construct
What is construct validity
400
Systematic way of defining the variable of interest
What is the operational definition
400
A case study
What is qualitative
400
When participants are randomly chosen in an equal percentage from 2 or more pre-determined groups
What is stratified random sampling
400
IRBs typically require that participants be allowed to withdraw from a study at any time without this
What is penalty
500
The sample is biased based on how it was selected
What is selection bias
500
Measures characteristics of participants that might predict outcomes and follows these participants over time
What is a prospective cohort study
500
A cross-sectional study with 25 different age groups of participants
What is quantitative
500
Type of study where groups are already intact
What is quasi-experimental design
500
The country that won the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics
What is Canada
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