EDF 6437 Exam VERIFIED | LATEST
UPDATE
When consuming research, you should go in the order of... - Answer- Results >
methods > discussion > introduction
3 levels of investigation - Answer- Description, prediction, and control
Experiment - Answer- Controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomena of
interest (DV) under 2 or more different conditions in which one factor at a time (IV)
differs from one condition to another
External validity - Answer- Results can be generalized to other subjects, settings, or
behaviors
Internal validity - Answer- Assures that measured changes in behaviors are due to
manipulation and not due to uncontrolled variables
Qualitative research - Answer- Narrated with interviews and individualized accounts of
events
Group design research - Answer- one group gets the intervention, one group is the
control (no intervention); uses stats; compares between groups
Single subject design research - Answer- Research designs that can be applied when
the sample size is one or when a number of individuals are considered to be one group.
Causation - Answer- Something always happens because of something else
Correlation - Answer- Occurs when variables are consistently present to a certain
degree and something happens
Functional relation - Answer- Occurs when it is highly unlikely anything other than the
intervention caused a change
Social validity - Answer- Extent to which the results produce meaningful change
Parametric analysis - Answer- Observation of behavior under a range of values
Component analysis - Answer- Sequential withdrawal or addition of a treatment
package
Continuous measurements - Answer- Count, celeration, duration, latency, permanent
product, and interresponse time
UPDATE
When consuming research, you should go in the order of... - Answer- Results >
methods > discussion > introduction
3 levels of investigation - Answer- Description, prediction, and control
Experiment - Answer- Controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomena of
interest (DV) under 2 or more different conditions in which one factor at a time (IV)
differs from one condition to another
External validity - Answer- Results can be generalized to other subjects, settings, or
behaviors
Internal validity - Answer- Assures that measured changes in behaviors are due to
manipulation and not due to uncontrolled variables
Qualitative research - Answer- Narrated with interviews and individualized accounts of
events
Group design research - Answer- one group gets the intervention, one group is the
control (no intervention); uses stats; compares between groups
Single subject design research - Answer- Research designs that can be applied when
the sample size is one or when a number of individuals are considered to be one group.
Causation - Answer- Something always happens because of something else
Correlation - Answer- Occurs when variables are consistently present to a certain
degree and something happens
Functional relation - Answer- Occurs when it is highly unlikely anything other than the
intervention caused a change
Social validity - Answer- Extent to which the results produce meaningful change
Parametric analysis - Answer- Observation of behavior under a range of values
Component analysis - Answer- Sequential withdrawal or addition of a treatment
package
Continuous measurements - Answer- Count, celeration, duration, latency, permanent
product, and interresponse time
