Usually constructed by simply combining (usually adding up or averaging) scores from different variables
What is an index
100
__________ experiments compare two or more groups over two or more time points
What is classic
100
______________ is a research instrument consisting of a set of questions intended to capture responses from respondents in a standardized manner
What is a questionnaire
100
______________ is the primary mode of data collection in case research
What is interviews
100
______________ is a single-group pre-post quasi-experimental design with two outcome measures
What is a nonequivalent dependent variable design
200
Typically concerned with measuring underlying fuzzy concept(s)
What is scales AND indexes
200
_____________ design does not use a pre-test
What is a post-test only control group
200
____________ response is when respondents are presented with more than two unordered options
What is nominal
200
This type of sampling is used to select case sites
What is theoretical sampling
200
_____________ refers to the possibility that subjects may be dropping out of the study t differential rates between the treatment and control groups due to a systematic reason
What is a mortality threat
300
_________ combines a lot of information into a single (or multiple) summary scores
What is an index
300
Lab experiments are high in internal validity, but low in _________________
What is external validity
300
______________ response is when respondents enter a continuous value with a meaningful zero point
What is continuous
300
The last step when conducting case research is ___________
What is write case research report
300
____________ is the possibility that the observed effects are caused by extraneous or historical events rather than by the experimental treatment
What is a history threat
400
__________ possess an empirical structure for measuring items associated with a given construct (can be unidimensional or multidimensional)
What is a scale
400
Subjects that are administered one or more experimental stimulus are in the ____________ group
What is treatment
400
________________ is the term for when questions flow logically from one to the next
What is question sequencing
400
Interviewees must be selected based on their __________ with the phenomenon under investigation
What is personal involvement
400
______________ are almost identical to true experimental designs, but lack random assignment
What is a quasi-experimental design
500
Thurstone, Likert, and Guttman are all types of ___________
What is a scale
500
_______________ is the process of randomly assigning subjects to the control or experimental group
What is random assignment
500
A type of interview that comprises about 6-10 respondents who are interviewed together on one topic
What is a focus group
500
Case research must begin with a _____________
What is a research question
500
_____________ designs enable the researcher to examine not only the individual effect of each treatment on the dependent variables, but also their joint effect