Dependent Measures
Independent Variables
Parametric Stats
Non-Parametric Stats
Potpourri
100
How does level of cholesterol predict heart attack rates? Dependent or Criterion Variable(s) is/are: ______
What is heart attack rates?
100
What is the effect of scaffolding type (organization versus higher-order thinking) on students’ problem solving? Independent Variable(s) is/are: _____
What is scaffolding type?
100
What effect does keyboarding instruction have on students' typing speed? Parametric stats procedure is: _____
What is a Paired T-Test?
100
What is the difference in GPA between male and female students at the University of Cincinnati? Non-Parametric stats procedure is ______
What is Mann Whitney U?
100
What is the relationship between a person's average daily time exercising and his or her lifespan? Procedure is: ______
What is a Pearson Correlation?
200
What effect does keyboarding instruction have on students' typing speed? Dependent Measure(s) is/are: ____
What is students' typing speed?
200
What is the difference in heart attack rates for males and females? Independent Variable(s) is/are: _____
What is gender?
200
Independent Variable: Learning disabilities (with or without) Dependent Measure: SAT scores Parametric Statistical Procedure is _____
What is an unpaired t-test?
200
What effect does enhanced anchored instruction have on students' attitudes (measured on a Likert scale)? Non-parametric stats procedure is: _____
What is Wilcoxin Matched Pairs Signed Rank Test?
200
How does SAT scores and ACT scores predict students' GPA scores in college? Procedure is: ____
What is a multiple regression?
300
What is the effect of anchor type (mini anchor versus traditional anchor) on students' mathematical problem-solving at different points in the semester? Dependent Measure(s) is/are: ______
What is mathematical problem-solving?
300
How does SAT scores predict students' GPA scores in college? Independent or Predictor Variable(s) is/are: ______
What is SAT scores?
300
What is the difference in GRE Scores between male and female students at the University of Cincinnati? Parametric stats procedure is ______
What is Unpaired T-Test?
300
What is the relationship between computer anxiety (measured on a Likert scale) and age? Non-parametric stats procedure is:_____
What is Spearman Rank Order?
300
Independent Variable: scaffolding type (organization versus higher-order thinking) Dependent Measure: problem understanding Covariate: divergent-thinking skills and problem-solving skills Research Question is ________
What is the effect of scaffolding type on students' problem understanding while controlling for the moderating effects of divergent thinking and problem solving?
400
What is the effect of scaffolding type on students' ability to grasp the multiple perspectives of a problem while controlling for their divergent-thinking ability? The dependent measure(s) is/are: _____
What is students' ability to grasp the multiple perspectives of a problem?
400
What effect does having access to a computer at home have on the GPA of students of differing ethnic backgrounds? Independent Variable(s) is/are: ________
What are computer access and ethnicity?
400
What effect does math instruction have on the problem-solving skills of students of differing achievement levels (H, M, L)? Parametric Statistics Procedure is: ______
What is a two-way (3x2) ANOVA?
400
Dependent Measure: computer anxiety (on a Likert Scale) Independent Variable: ethnic backgrounds (White, Black, Hispanic, etc.)? The Non-Parametric Stats Procedure is ____
What is Kruskal Wallis?
400
What is the probability that difficulty with mobility increase the odds of being rejected from getting health care insurance? Procedure is: ____
What is Logistic Regression?
500
What is the effect of scaffolding type (organization or higher-order thinking) on students' problem understanding, misconceptions, and their ability to grasp the multiple perspectives of the problem? Dependent Measure(s) is/are: ________
What is problem understanding, misconceptions, and multiple perspectives?
500
What effect does enhanced anchored instruction have on students' mathematical problem-sovling? Independent Variable(s) is/are: _____
What is enhanced anchored instruction?
500
What is the effect of anchor type (mini anchor versus traditional anchor) on students' mathematical problem-solving at different points in the semester? Parametric Stats Procedure is ______
What is Two-Way ANOVA with repeated measures?
500
What effect does enhanced anchored instruction have on students' attitudes (measured on a Likert scale) at different points in the semester? Non-parametric stats procedure is: _____
What is Friedman Matched Samples?
500
How does a teacher's experience with different methods of reflection (online networks, critical friends groups, and teacher portfolios) help him to make sense of his teaching practice? Procedure is: ______
What are qualitative methods?
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