TRIO History
Your Spring Requirements
Who That?
Questionable Research Practices
From the Program Handbook
100

This is the year that the Higher Education Act was passed.

When was 1965?

100

This is the undergraduate research conference that ALL SCHOLARS were required to go to.

What is URCAD?

100

He was an astronaut who also played the saxophone.

Who is Dr. Ronald E. McNair?

100

I am only keeping data that supports my hypothesis in my analysis.

Cherry-picking / selective reporting

100

This is Dr. Hunt's office location.

Where is Math/Psych 221?

200

This is the year that the McNair Scholars Program was created as a part of TRIO.

When was 1986?

200

This is the time that ALL SCHOLARS need to arrive at the UC Ballroom for Torch.

When is 4pm?

200

He has two master's degrees - one from Rutgers and one from American.

Who is Aritra Samanta?

200

I kept exploring my data until I found statistical significane.

What is p-hacking?

200

This is the Division that RGPN McNair is housed under.

What is the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs?

300

These were the original (3) TRIO programs. (100pts per)

What were Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search, and Student Support Services?
300

This is the document that charts your personal journey towards Graduate School. Needs to be turned in before our advising meetings.

What is the individualized development plan (IDP)?

300

She is a returning scholar who presented at URCAD on racial inequities in oral health.

Who is Anelsy Valencia?

300

I am offering $1,000 to any one who completes my study in order to gather as many participants as possible.

What is coercion or undue influence? 

300

This is the Program Management Specialist for the Department of Academic Opportunity Programs.

Who is I'dia Bey?

400

This is the year that McNair at UMBC became active.

When was 1992?

400

This is the portfolio enhancement / professional development where you give back to the RGPN McNair community.

What is the in-service project?

400

She is a new scholar who presented at URCAD on their LSAMP summer project, related to women's reproductive health.

Who is Yanyu Arias?

400

I have rejected 3 colleagues who asked to see my raw dataset.

What is failure to contribute to replicability and transparency?

400
Dr. McNair attended this High School.

What is Carver High School, South Carolina?

500

This is how the Department of Ed defines first-gen students.

Who are students whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree?

500

This is the student-peer-led space for you to network informally.

What are scholar-to-scholar (S2S) pods?

500

She is the most junior, honorary scholar who was born in March 2024. She graced us with her presence at Apr 25 bootcamp.

Who is Imani Hunt?

500

I collected more data after running some preliminary tests and saw that my results don't support my hypothesis.

What is post-hoc data collection?

500

Two alumni who worked on the Program Handbook.

Who are Ting Huang, Diane Stonestreet, Damarius Johnson, and Shiloh Ramsey?