The "believability" of the study: history, instrumentation and testing, maturation, and initial group differences.
200
What is a posttest nonequivalent design
Treatment - Outcome
T1 O1
Control - Outcome
X O2
200
What is the letter grade on a project proposal?
Ordinal
200
What is external validity?
The generalizability of the study results to other groups and situations.
300
What is a one group pretest-posttest
Pretest - Treatment - Posttest
PR1 T1 O1
300
What is your favorite candy?
Nominal
300
What is a comparison group?
A group of employees who participate in the evaluation study but do not attend the training program.
400
What is a prestest-posttest equivalent design?
Random assignment - Pretest - Treatment - Posttest
RA PR1 T O1
Random assignment - Prestest - Control - Posttest
RA PR2 X 02
400
What are employee evaluations classified as
Ex: Excellent, Average, Poor
Ordinal
400
What is random assignment
Assigning employees to the training or comparison group on the basis of chance.
500
What is the Solomon Four Group?
Random Assignment - Pretest - Treatment - Posttest
RA PR1 T1 O1
Random Assignment - Pretest - Control - Posttest
RA PT2 X O2
Random Assignment Treatment - Posttest
RA T2 O3
Random Assignment Control - Posttest
RA X O4
500
What is the amount of money in a saving account?
Ratio
500
What is the Hawthorne effect?
When employees in an evaluation study perform at a high level simply because of the attention they are receiving.