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EAB 4798 Final Spring. Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Interobserver agreement does not provide information about either ______ or -
answer✔reliability; accuracy
The product of measurement is considered a(n) - answer✔estimate
All of the following should be considered when implementing assessment procedures, except -
answer✔Is this research basic or applied in nature?
A local politician asks his volunteers to record on a data sheet the number of yard signs that they
pass out to supporters during election time. In an effort to evaluate the data being reported back
to him, he and his wife periodically visited the neighborhoods that the volunteers were assigned
to and compared the number of signs in individual's yards to the number recorded by his
volunteers. The politician and his wife are recording: - answer✔true values
When it is not clear that the data represent what they are supposed to represent, the issue of
______ arises: - answer✔validity
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What are the two requirements for evaluating the accuracy of a set of observations? -
answer✔The data must represent physical events, and it must be possible to measure these events
directly.
The only way to assess accuracy is: - answer✔by comparing observed values with true values
When accuracy and reliability are found to be unacceptable, the investigator can either abandon
the project or use ______ to evaluate the data and adjust the procedure so that its output meets
desired standards: - answer✔calibration
Below are the results of a partial-interval recording procedure. What is the interobserver
agreement score? - answer✔70%
Which is one of the ways to assess reliability? - answer✔compares observed values to true
values
An individual being observed and altering his or her behavior as a response to being observed is
known as _________. - answer✔reactivity
_______ involves varying the conditions from an earlier study, but still obtaining similar results -
answer✔Systematic replication
Single subject studies ____________ - answer✔Both A and C (may incorporate elements of
qualitative and quantitative procedures, may incorporate robust and powerful methods for
influencing an individual's behavior)
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______ refers to anything that may affect the demonstration of the functional relationship
between the independent and dependent variables. - answer✔Extraneous variables
This is the term used when a subject becomes unavailable during the course of a study: -
answer✔attrition
________ is important to establishing the believability of a functional relationship which,
therefore, establishes confidence in the results that are obtained. - answer✔Internal validity
When a researcher engages in the process of repeating the observed predictions and verifications
within the same study, he/she is practicing what? - answer✔Replication
The notion that if there is no effect attributable to the independent variable, then the dependent
variable's data path will remain unchanged is called _________. - answer✔prediction
Treatment interference might occur when more than one _________ is used. -
answer✔independent variable
The passage of time as well as both unforeseen and foreseen events that arise is known as
________ - answer✔history
Which is a tactic for managing variability? - answer✔producing variability in responding by
manipulating independent variables
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
EAB 4798 Final Spring. Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Interobserver agreement does not provide information about either ______ or -
answer✔reliability; accuracy
The product of measurement is considered a(n) - answer✔estimate
All of the following should be considered when implementing assessment procedures, except -
answer✔Is this research basic or applied in nature?
A local politician asks his volunteers to record on a data sheet the number of yard signs that they
pass out to supporters during election time. In an effort to evaluate the data being reported back
to him, he and his wife periodically visited the neighborhoods that the volunteers were assigned
to and compared the number of signs in individual's yards to the number recorded by his
volunteers. The politician and his wife are recording: - answer✔true values
When it is not clear that the data represent what they are supposed to represent, the issue of
______ arises: - answer✔validity
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10/10/2024 11:44 AM
What are the two requirements for evaluating the accuracy of a set of observations? -
answer✔The data must represent physical events, and it must be possible to measure these events
directly.
The only way to assess accuracy is: - answer✔by comparing observed values with true values
When accuracy and reliability are found to be unacceptable, the investigator can either abandon
the project or use ______ to evaluate the data and adjust the procedure so that its output meets
desired standards: - answer✔calibration
Below are the results of a partial-interval recording procedure. What is the interobserver
agreement score? - answer✔70%
Which is one of the ways to assess reliability? - answer✔compares observed values to true
values
An individual being observed and altering his or her behavior as a response to being observed is
known as _________. - answer✔reactivity
_______ involves varying the conditions from an earlier study, but still obtaining similar results -
answer✔Systematic replication
Single subject studies ____________ - answer✔Both A and C (may incorporate elements of
qualitative and quantitative procedures, may incorporate robust and powerful methods for
influencing an individual's behavior)
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
______ refers to anything that may affect the demonstration of the functional relationship
between the independent and dependent variables. - answer✔Extraneous variables
This is the term used when a subject becomes unavailable during the course of a study: -
answer✔attrition
________ is important to establishing the believability of a functional relationship which,
therefore, establishes confidence in the results that are obtained. - answer✔Internal validity
When a researcher engages in the process of repeating the observed predictions and verifications
within the same study, he/she is practicing what? - answer✔Replication
The notion that if there is no effect attributable to the independent variable, then the dependent
variable's data path will remain unchanged is called _________. - answer✔prediction
Treatment interference might occur when more than one _________ is used. -
answer✔independent variable
The passage of time as well as both unforeseen and foreseen events that arise is known as
________ - answer✔history
Which is a tactic for managing variability? - answer✔producing variability in responding by
manipulating independent variables
